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The Parable of Teaspoons & Bulldozers

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

“With my teaspoon and determination I have found my way to the path my great grandparents cleared for me. I proudly embrace my lineage and overstand the instructions that came with my teaspoon. I have decided to be a hero. I will widen the path. I will leave signs. I will till the dirt my family tree grows in with my teaspoon. ” Continue reading →

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Literacy through the Arts: An Artistic Approach to Mentoring

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Mentoring is difficult, rewarding, and often extremely frustrating. It is an activity in which you will have to be able to take losses and stay the course. You may lose as many as you save and that can be heartbreaking. … Continue reading →

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2014 in review 3300 Readers, Read in 89 Countries!

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,300 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

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August Wilson and Ferguson

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Wilson noted: “I think my plays offer (white Americans) a different way to look at black Americans,” he told The Paris Review. “For instance, in ‘Fences’ they see a garbageman, a person they don’t really look at, although they see … Continue reading →

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The Lower Bottom Playaz:FENCES at The African American Museum and Library at Oakland.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc, under the direction of Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD present the 6th of the 10 play cycle on their march to be the first troupe ever to do all ten in chronological order. http://www.TalesofIronandWater.com

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Art as an Intentional Interruption: Walking Wounded

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Ayodele Nzinga, MFA, PhD

  Children Soldiers And the bones sing the pain of Tutsi children with parents lost and separated Some quite literally head from shoulders that could not carry the rages of  war. There is a church in Nymata where the skulls on the pews … Continue reading →

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