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New Love

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements New love is like fireworks in a summer sky I am a child again virgin again each sensation new untasted untried to be rediscovered in new arms electric entanglement fermented fever denial as sweet sharp as fulfillment nothing hurts … Continue reading →

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twos

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements   in a world of twos i missed the ark lone after dark had my share don’t care  that their not here any more Just don’t like alone mo the type to dream of nights in Khartoum walking barefoot … Continue reading →

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Svengali

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements Some say he cast a spell over her. Mo like a shadow/ blotting out pieces that used to define/project her her-ness/ Say he put her up to thangs/ naw/ he stole chunks of her carelessly misplacing essence/ They say … Continue reading →

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Fire Dancin

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements . She danced in his fire Cause he lit it in her path When she moved to go around the flame He called her by name He boast of the fires warmth He celebrated the brightness of the embers … Continue reading →

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Hershey #151

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements   smooth, like hershey made you & I got the nuts Hot like 151 I like chocolit licked chocolit chocolit licked ohh wee there I go & here you come hot like 151 smooth,  like hershey made you & … Continue reading →

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Conjure

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements Conjure this word an incantation to bring you now while this fever burns before blood cools now in the heat of the last summer before fall is forever while i still crave being sectioned like a ripe sweet tangerine … Continue reading →

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landless

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements (Art by Karen Seneferu in honor of Kemba “Walking Tree” Shakur at the Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland CA) landless gentrified ghetto children in the inner city got grand parents from the country grandparents moved to the city for … Continue reading →

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Gentrification: No Resting Place, Pt.1

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

The Bottoms in West Oakland was once a desirable destination for North American Africans recently freed from chattel slavery. Ex-slaves and Pullman Porters wrote a chapter in this neighborhood’s history. This chapter, like many that followed, is informed by race. Continue reading →

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Two Shades of Green

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

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Media and the Management of Reality

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Advertisements Marvin X says the news ain’t the news it ain’t nothing but the blues and I agree. You might as well listen to Damien Marley, Koran Streets, or WolfHawkJaguar, if you want the news, they will tell you what’s … Continue reading →

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