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Meet Oakland's First Poet Laureate: Dr. Ayodele 'WordSlanger' Nzinga

KALW | By David Exumé
Published July 15, 2021 at 5:12 AM EDT
Dr. Ayodele "WordSlanger" Nzinga
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Dr. Ayodele "WordSlanger" Nzinga

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David Exumé
David Exumé (he/him/his) is a 2020-2021 Audio Academy Fellow. His reporting interests include music history, immigration, community organizing, and urban planning. He's previously worked at KCRW in Santa Monica and WPRB in Princeton.
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