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ayodele nzinga

Oakland
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Literary Arts

  • Event Organizer
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  • Poet
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  • Researcher
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  • Reviewer
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  • Writer
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  • Writing Coach
Focus
Performance & Reading, Publishing, Teaching, Writing, Event Organizing
Genres
Autobiography, Biography, Narrative Journalism, Personal Narrative, Memoir, Lyric Essay, Art & Culture, Education, Food & Cooking, History, Personal Development, Philosophy + Thought, Social Justice, Afrofuturism, Drama, Erotica, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance, Advice, Criticism & Review, Opinion & Commentary, Promotional, Free Verse Poetry, Lyric Poetry, Narrative Poetry, Prose Poetry, Spoken Word

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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The SpeakEasy

An ongoing. discussion and performance space hosted by Ayodele Nzinga, Oakland CA Inaugural Poet Laureate. The format is literary guest, a palate cleanser, work from the laureate, and the consideration of a "Big Question." Airs every other month on the first Wednesday.

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LEXCICOLOGY

A multi-generational Poet Laureate Program offering free workshops, and poetic performances in nontraditional spaces. The program comes to you at no cost for groups of 10 - 25. Contact for larger groups, more information/schedule.

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Lifer at Large the Glenn Bailey Story

A book based on the life of Glenn Bailey who spent 52 years incarcerated; 42 for a double homicide he admits to. This is the story of an extraordinary man, a look behind the scenes of the prison system, and a complex cautionary tale. Turned into a play LIFER in 2017.

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SORROWLAND ORACLE

SorrrowLand Oracle by Ayodele Nzinga is a compendium of spells, incantations, prayers, and their translations into the event of being Black in modernity while standing at the crossroads of revolutionary transformation and the birthing of a new paradigm on the eve of an apocalypse

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PATRICE LUMBA (An Anthology of Writers on Black Liberation)

An Anthology of Writers on Black Liberation

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    Contributor
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The Horse Eaters

Ayodele clings to a metaphor with the same force that makes diamonds of sand. E. Arnold - Journalist

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Sorrowland Rebellion (Audio Poetry)

Black Apes presents WordSlanger- the wickedest mouth in the West with no

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Incandescent

This fiery book of poetry, so lovingly crafted, is red-hot in its urgency. It cries out for justice, freedom, and the right to exist and thrive.

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The Prayers of Heritics

Beats by High Beats and lyrics by Ayodele Nzinga aka WordSlanger.

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