adowa braggo - ProfilesArchive

About Me

The love child of Spirituality and Art.

My Interests

Writing--all kinds of writing. Mostly poetry and playwrighting. I like nature, and outdoor activities. I love to interface with as many different parts of humanity as possible--so international travel is a big love. I'm interested in what makes my soul feel good--that varies on the daily.

I'd like to meet:

Anybody who can take me to new heights of knowledge, understanding, or exposure.

Music:

Neosoul, jazz, gospel, some classical, ORIGINAL hip hop, and other music designed to inspire you to think feel and respect yourself

Movies:

Fahrenheit 911, Coming to America, Brown Sugar, Harry Potter, The Lion King, Ghost, The Antwone Fisher Story, Love Jones, Sarafina!,MalcomX, When Harry Met Sally,Bowling for Columbine, Serendipity, Pretty Woman, Anne of Green Gables(don't ask), Bamboozled (Almost all Spike Lee Joints), and lots more.

Television:

Don't watch too much of that. Short on time...Plus I kinda think that it's whole purpose is to brainwash the nation...just a small issue though..just ity bitty.

Books:

The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm, Africana Womanism by Clenora Hudson-Weems, Beloved by Toni Morrison, Dude Where's My Country? by Michael Moore, Big Girls Don't Cry, and MANY others

Heroes:

The souls who have created their own definitions of freedom, recognized its complications and challenge themselves daily to be free anyhow.

My Blog

I need to write

I was watching a Def Poetry Jam DVD with some students this week and J.Ivy's piece made me want to write one similar (doesn't that sound just like a biter...damn I need to get my stuff back..which is ...
Posted by adowa braggo on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:12:00 PST

Cocoon

Where is she/ in a cocoon/ spun by the Divine/ spiritual incubation/not ready to unwind/ She's tongue tied/wrist bound/and surrounded on all sides/ by/ the force /that is forcing her to grow/eye...
Posted by adowa braggo on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:38:00 PST

Words are eternal

I spend the majority of my days working for a literacy organization that provides literature and poetry workshop for teens. There have been so many instances in my time with students that I find mysel...
Posted by adowa braggo on Wed, 17 May 2006 08:07:00 PST

In the closet...

So as you can tell from the pictures, I'm a natural hair woman. I've been a natural hair woman for almost 10 years (for 3 yrs I was still blowdrying it straight, the other 7 it was all kinkdifie...
Posted by adowa braggo on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:34:00 PST

Ladies, Are we selling ourselves here?

So I've been browsing on the site, realizing that I primarily chat with and email guys on this thing, and being a believer in sista energy, I said "Hey!" Why not reach out to some of the other sistaz ...
Posted by adowa braggo on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:49:00 PST

Reviews from Ghana

As some of you know I went to Ghana this year for 5 months to do HIV/AIDS education. I haven't done much sharing about my experiences there, but this is a rather lengthy overview that I sent out while...
Posted by adowa braggo on Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:26:00 PST

Is there a such thing as TOO old?

So my relationship column continues. It's been while since I've written on this thing...it's been a while since I've written...which is completely different issue. But I guess when I'm looking for ano...
Posted by adowa braggo on Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:55:00 PST

I Lie

In keeping with the theme of sexual relationships and therapy in the rest of my blogs, here's a poem I wrote for some of my peoples. I wrote it last year this time. I would like to invite commentary a...
Posted by adowa braggo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Another untitled poem

Staring into the empty eyes of my communityI choke on bitter juices-Rising rapids of discouragement.Their eyes are hollow like a body with no soul-A tree with no ring-sings of years lived,No stretch m...
Posted by adowa braggo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Just some pussy...

So the plot thickens of the drama that is my life. I choose to deal with it ideologically to attempt to get away from the "and then he...so I..." mess that I can easily slip in to. I talk a lot about...
Posted by adowa braggo on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST