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Today, the Oakland based Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced this year’s group of fellows. One of them is Dr. Ayodele “WordSlanger” Nzinga. Today, we bring you our piece from 2021 about her appointment as the first Poet Laureate of Oakland, a title she still holds today.
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