ayodele nzinga

ayodele nzinga is poet laureate of Oakland, founder of Lower Bottom Playaz and BAMBD CDC, a California Arts Legacy Artist, a Rainin Fellow, and a member of the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame. nzinga holds an MFA in Writing and Consciousness and a PHD in Transformative Education and Change. She is the author of Preforming Literacy a Narrative Inquiry into Performance Pedagogy, The Horse Eaters, SorrowLand Oracle, Incandescent, and Poet Tree(s).