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nazelah jamison is a talented and energetic performance poet, actress and vocalist based in Oakland CA. Born in Bamberg, SC, nazelah had a love of performance from a very early age, taking her first dance lessons at the age of 4; at 5, she practiced for days in the mirror hoping to audition for the musical motion picture “Annie!”, only to be disappointed when the auditions never even came near her tiny town.
At age 7, nazelah began a 6-year love affair with ballet, performing with the Atlanta Dance Theater. After dabbling for a bit in modeling, nazelah pursued her first true ambition acting & auditioned for and was accepted to Northside H.S. for Performing Arts as a drama major. She transferred to Philadelphia Creative & Performing Arts from which she graduated, & went on to study journalism at Temple University, but quit the 2nd year due to lack of interest.
nazelah began playing music with bands in 1992, first as a vocalist and then a keyboardist in a few local Philly bands, as well as recording vocals for various local artists. She was a background vocalist on Michael Franti’s Spearhead album “Home” (Capitol 1994) and toured with the band nationally & globally until settling in the East Bay in 1996. nazelah trained for a couple of years at Jean Shelton Actor’s Studio (SF), then started performing poetry in 1998. She was part of a performance poetry project with French hip hop artists Les Nubians; nazelah is featured on the album, “Les Nubians Presents: Echos: Chapter One Nubian Voyager (2005 Triloka Records/Artemis)”, and performs periodically with Spearhead and Les Nubians, as well as having shared the stage with: Shane Koyczan, Talaam Acey, Roger Bonair-Agard, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Taylor Mali, The Suicide Kings, Jason Carney, The Coup, Golda Supernova and others.
nazelah discovered Poetry Slam in 1999 and began to compete, subsequently going to the National Poetry Slam Competition 5 times on various Bay Area teams. More recently, she and her husband, poet Dahled, produce the Oakland Poetry Slam & have coached Team Oakland to Nationals the last 3 years. Since 2000, she has been hosting many Bay Area spoken word events as well. She is a gifted emcee, and producers and performers alike are put at ease by her demeanor; she is currently working on 2 chapbooks, as well as a musical collaboration and a video project. Her love of hip-hop translates onto the stage.
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NO, I WON'T STAND!!!" So tired are these feet of mine, been catering to, and working hard for WHITE FOLKS all day long Can't wait to give rest to them, the moment when I reach my home Oh! Good, here comes the bus Headed to the back I am, where the WHITE FOLKS seat US In a SECTION that COLORED FOLKS were permitted to sit, is where I perched my behind Stop after stop, the bus was now full, no longer available were any seats MARKED with a "WHITES ONLY" sign To STAND the passenger could not, for it was LAW that all WHITES be seated to recline In demand of a seat the BUS DRIVER turned to the COLORED portion of the bus' dividing line Ordering several BLACKS from our seats he did, but, to BUDGE the body of me DECLINED NO WAY was I to DETHRONE myself to SURRENDER a WHITE MAN a seat of mine I paid my FARE, sat in the SECTION that DISCRIMINATION had given me Now, to RISE for a WHITE PASSENGER because in his area no seats were empty The COURAGE of me REFUSED to take anymore of the WHITE FOLKS desecration From my seat COMPELLED I was, and HEADED to JAIL for an INFRINGEMENT of the rules of SEGREGATION At the DRIVER of the BUS command, off the bus, escorted I was, by a WHITE policeman Cuffed tightly behind my back rested my RESTRAINED hands Now in a CELL encompassed by steel bars, the MIND, SOUL, and BODY of me had to STAND Not for a doing of WRONG, but, for SIMPLY not GIVING what was MINE to a WHITE MAN So TIRED was I, of being STOMPED and BEATEN by WHITE FOLKS cruelty, for possessing a FACE of a DARK SHADE To have STOOD UP for the RIGHTS of SELF and MY PEOPLE, the PRICE to obtain EQUALITY was PAID Now, on the BUS seated RIGHT NEXT to one another Are the PEOPLE of WHITE FLESH and THOSE of COLOR
BY: Amelia Finley Copyright:2009 Inspired by the experience of Rosa Parks
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No need to look back The past is gone forever A new year to acknowledge That things must get better Work is here to stay Was here at the beginning of time Master a craft my friend As poetry will forever remain mine Unity is in sight Resist it not with selfish ego Humanity is no stranger to one power We all are children to live & grow Love is the key To unlock the door to peace Stay locked out if you will One thing will be fulfilled with or without you; The Prophecy
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