drama in the bambd: ayodele's growing home at the flight deck
Ayodele's drama begins with poetry, call it a choreo poem in the tradition of For Colored Girls...." And the poetry is beautiful from the mouth of a poet known as Wordslanger, aka Dr. Ayodele Nzinga....
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Is Burn, Baby, Burn, Marvin X's Greatest...
Black Bird Press News & Review: Is Burn, Baby, Burn, Marvin X's Greatest poem, written shortly after the Watts Rebellion, 1965?
View ArticlePress Release: Marvin X in Concert
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View ArticleCall for a Rally Against Racism and White Supremacy at Oakland Whole Foods...
The Movement Newspaper is calling for a Rally Against Racism and White Supremacy at Oakland Whole Foods Market. On July 17, 2017, our Design Editor, Adam Turner was the victim of an unprovoked physical...
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View ArticleMarvin X In the Light Tour T-shirt
Hope to see you all at the Black Repertory Group Theatre, Saturday, September 30, 7:30PM. This is a benefit for the Movement Newspaper. Bay Area Black Theatre Diva, Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, will join the...
View ArticleMarvin X: A praise song for Mumia Abu Jamal, freedom fighter in the dungeon...
Mumia Abu-JamalMumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is a convicted murderer, American activist and journalist who became involved in black nationalism in his youth and was a member of the...
View ArticleMental Health and the Black Arts Movement
Aside from the axiom that there is a thin line between creativity and insanity, we experienced a plethora of artists with psycho-social disabilities before, during and after the height of the Black...
View ArticleMarvin X In the Light Tour speaks to Moorish Americans on the History of...
Marvin X extended his In the Light Tour to the Moorish American community today. He spoke to the Moors on the History of Islam in the Bay Area, recalling a historic work he began several years ago His...
View ArticleMusician Paul Tillman Smith will perform at Marvin X Benefit Concert for The...
Poet, playwright, director, producer, actress, Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, will perform at the Marvin X Benefit Concert for The Movement Newspaper. Drummer Paul Tillman Smith said he will also join with "The...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X In the Light Tour speaks to Moorish...
Black Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X In the Light Tour speaks to Moorish Americans on the History of Islam in the Bay Area
View ArticleTerrible Tom Bowden's Blues Band joins Marvin X's Benefit Concert for the...
Terrible Tom Bowden, West Oakland's Living Blues legend and his band will join the team of artists at Marvin X in Concert, a benefit for the Movement Newspaper. Other artists include Fillmore Slim,...
View ArticleLet us pray for Mexico and the Caribbean in their hour of grief, 2017
Major earthquake shakes Mexico City; at least 149 deadDavid Agren and Greg Toppo, USA TODAYPublished 2:46 p.m. ET Sept. 19, 2017 | Updated 12:44 a.m. ET Sept. 20, 2017The death toll in Mexico's...
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