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Dr. Ayodele WordSlanger Nzinga This year, for the first time, Oakland s Cultural Affairs Division began accepting nominations for the city s inaugural Poet Laureate program. The rules were that the nominees had to be over 18 years old, had to have lived in Oakland for at least five years, and show a demonstrated record of community engagement. Nominations ran for a month. On June 10, the winner was announced: Dr. Ayodele “WordSlanger” Nzinga. I think that Oakland has an interesting history that is not extremely well known or remembered, much like America has an interesting history that it struggles not to remember out loud, Nzinga says.

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