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True North: Me and Wilson

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

I was blessed to see and I share what I see. This is post is relevant now as we celebrate Fences directed and starring Denzel Washington on the big screen and as my community melts and continues to stumble under … Continue reading →

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Voting, 2016

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

here at the front of the line showed up to make my voice heard that’s what they say here to pay for my ticket to the conversation to be a part of the public sphere here words and names on … Continue reading →

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on freedom (7/4/16.sorrowland)

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

you can’t be but so free in a sorrowland   a place you were forced to used & discontinued discarded to find a way out of no way with obstacles piled higher than the mast of the good ship Jesus … Continue reading →

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she who holds up the sky

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

  holding up the sky is dangerous business but someone has to how will the sun set where will the moon rise if the sky falls she who holds the sky above her arms extended neck craned to make sure … Continue reading →

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hell must be a hoot

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

the devil laughs why wouldn’t he laugh loud deep & long hell is probably very merry for the devil & his minions hail hail the gangs all here hell must be one grand monsters ball all the bad guys together … Continue reading →

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The Death of Innocence

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

the innocence that wrote love poems and captured beauty like life could be kept fire-flied in a bottle fled slowly/ leaving pragmatism on the dresser in a shade of clouded jade there is little to s… Source: The Death of … Continue reading →

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the song of the horse eaters

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

singing in captivity is not a sign of happy slaves nor is dancing which may occur almost anywhere grace in the storm may be hard to understand may not always be seen as divinity holding hands with resilience what do … Continue reading →

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Hunger

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

  The Babalowo said: if your grandfather is a hustler the son will be a businessman the grandson will be a beggar. I am the hunger refusing to beg on the road I build roads to other places my hands … Continue reading →

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12. 26. 15

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

red cloth tales & miracles abound I am on the bottom of the ocean walking the bones with Wilson we follow the 1024 a solemn pantheon grandparents great grand parents we walk where they walked how they walked great greats … Continue reading →

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Radio Golf By August Wilson (pre-production notes)

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

The Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc (LBP), a small scrappy theater company in Oakland CA, are about to become a part of theater history.  They are in production for Radio Golf by August Wilson which will open on December 18, 2015 … Continue reading →

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