Oakland Voices Alumni Update
‘The Town’ Anthology Highlights 65 Poets from Oakland
A unique cultural work that is a collection of poems from 65 Oakland poets […]
Ayodele Nzinga
BlacArted
BlackArted: Space is the Place
Editor’s Note: BlacArted is a front-row view into the maze-like mind of a multi-hyphenated artist pondering on art and the nature of reality as it intersects the creative and the imagined. On a balmy Friday […]
Arts & Culture
BlacArted: Love Letter to Bay Area Poetry During National Poetry Month
Editor’s Note: Oakland Voices is launching a column written by our alum and the City of Oakland’s first Poet Laureate, Ayodele Nzinga. BlacArted is a front-row view into the maze-like mind of a multi-hyphenated artist […]
Oakland Voices Alumni Update
Oakland Voices Alumni Spotlight: Ayodele Nzinga
Oakland Voices has trained dozens of community journalists over the years. We caught up with one of our alumna, Ayodele Nzinga. The 24th season of the Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc, Oakland’s oldest North American African […]
Arts & Culture
Oakland Voices Alumna Ayodele Nzinga Featured in ‘The New Yorker’ Film “The Game God(S)”
Our Oakland Voices alumna, and Oakland’s very own first Poet Laureate Ayodele Nzinga, is featured in a new film released this week at The New Yorker. The 17-minute film is called The Game God(S) and […]
Arts & Culture
Oakland Voices Alumna Ayodele Nzinga is City’s First Poet Laureate
The City of Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Division announced today our first poet laureate: Ayodele Nzinga. Ayodele was a part of the 2019-2020 Oakland Voices cohort. She is a playwright, poet, and community advocate. She will […]
Oakland Voices
Oakland Voices Alumni Update: Ayodele Nzinga, Howard Dyckoff, Tonya Shipp, Marabet Morales Sikahall, and Iris M. Crawford
Find out what some of our Oakland Voices alumni have been up to since last year. […]
Arts & Culture
New West Oakland Mural Celebrates Black Joy and Women of Black Panther Party
“This is something people do not know. The history books do not carry us.” – Ericka Huggins […]