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ayodele nzinga

ayodele nzinga

Oakland
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Arts & Culture

  • Art Director
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  • Arts Administrator
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  • Author
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  • Blogger
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  • Community Organizer
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  • Critic
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  • Curator
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  • Educator
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  • Exhibit Designer
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  • Founder
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  • Fundraiser
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  • Program Director
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  • Public Speaker
Focus
Artist Programs, Arts Administration, Arts Education, Community Engagement, Criticism & Review, Cultural Exchange, Talent Management

Projects

BAMBDFEST 2021

A month-long international multidisciplined cultural festival in August 2021 in celebration of the Black Arts Movement Business District presented by BAMBD CDC and produced by Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc.

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    ayodele nzinga
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VOICES

As a result of the BAMBD, CDC/CCED CBA with Orton Development. BAMBD, CDC is facilitating the formation of a community-based entity to partner with ODI's non-profit in programming the Calvin Simmons theater. The group animates a shift in community ownership of public land

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YBCA 100

Announcing the YBCA 100 An annual list that celebrates the everyday heroes—artists, activists, and community leaders—for their extraordinary commitment to building sustainable, equitable, and regenerative communities. These recipients are the provocateurs and innovators who ar

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YBCA 10

Announcing the YBCA 10 YBCA is launching a new program to center artists as leaders in our organization and our communities. The YBCA 10 is a group of 10 artists—all of whom are also included as part of our YBCA 100 list—who are already advancing the essential role of art in soci

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JANGA'S HOUSE

A Black Women's Creative Collective. Founded 2020 by Ayodele Nzinga & Cat Brooks of the Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc to nurture and resource the work of Black Female Creatives.

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lower bottom playaz, inc

Lower Bottom Playaz, is dedicated to the excavation, critical examination, and illumination of the conditions of North American cities and the lived realities of disenfranchised communities.

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    ayodele nzinga
    Founding Director

BAMBD, CDC

Our mission is to advocate, organize, create, develop, implement, foster, and ensure the thriving of BAMBD, Oakland, CA through vigilant organizing, development of infrastructure, and the creation of mechanisms for stewardship and advocacy.

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    ayodele nzinga
    Founding Director