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Chinaka Hodge - Writer, educator
Poet, playwright, filmmaker and educator Chinaka Hodge uses her own life and experiences as the backbone of wildly creative, powerful works.

Why you should listen

Chinaka Hodge is a writer and educator from Oakland. She received her BA from NYU’s Gallatin School and studied Writing for Film and Television at  USC’s School of Cinematic Arts MFA program. Her work has been featured in Believer Magazine, Teen People Magazine, Newsweek, San Francisco Magazine, on PBS and NPR, and in two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry. She was an Associate Producer on Simmons Lathan presents Brave New Voices for HBO.

She is a Cave Canem Graduate Fellow, was a playwright-in-residence at SF Playwrights Foundation and serves as a Visiting Editor at The California Sunday Magazine. She is an inaugural Senior Fellow at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

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Chinaka Hodge: What will you tell your daughters about 2016?

Činaka Hodž (Chinaka Hodge): Šta ćete reći vašim kćerkama o 2016?

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Rečima, poput krhotina stakla, Činaka raseca 2016. i pušta da dvanaest meseci nasilja, patnje, straha, hrabrosti i nade iscure u ovoj autentičnoj poemi o godini koju niko od nas neće skoro zaboraviti.
- Writer, educator
Poet, playwright, filmmaker and educator Chinaka Hodge uses her own life and experiences as the backbone of wildly creative, powerful works. Full bio

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Tell your daughtersкћери of this yearгодине,
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Recite svojim kćerkama o ovoj godini
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how we wokeпробудио се needingпотреба coffeeкафу
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da smo se budili žudeći za kafom,
00:17
but discoveredоткривени insteadуместо тога cadaversleševa
strewnстревн about our morningјутро papersновине,
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ali umesto toga smo otkrivali leševe
razbacane širom naših jutarnjih novina,
00:21
waterloggedpotopljen facsimilesfacsimiles
of our sistersсестре, spousessupružnika, smallмали childrenдеца.
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kopije preplavljene
našim sestrama, suprugama, dečicom.
00:26
Say to your babyбеба of this yearгодине
when she asksпита, as she certainlyсигурно should,
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Recite svojoj bebi o ovoj godini
kad upita, a sigurno bi trebala,
00:30
tell her it was too lateкасни comingдолазе.
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recite da je prekasno stigla.
00:31
AdmitPriznati even in the yearгодине we leasedизнајмљен freedomслобода,
we didn't ownвластити it outrightprvom krugu.
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Priznajte da čak i u godini zagarantovane
slobode nismo njome ovladali kako valja.
I dalje smo imali zakone
za sve vidove upotrebe naših genitalija
00:36
There were still lawsЗакони
for everyсваки way we used our privatesgenitalije
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00:39
while they pawedspopadati at the softмеко foldsnabore of us,
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dok su nas ščepavali po mekim prevojima,
00:41
grabbedзграбио with no concernзабринутост for consentсагласност,
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grabili bez brige o pristanku,
00:44
no lawsЗакони madeмаде for the menмушкарци
that enforcedkoju sprovodi them.
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bez zakona pravljenih
za muškarce da ih sprovode.
00:47
We were trainedобучени to dodgeDodge,
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Obučavani smo da se izmičemo,
00:49
to wait, to cowerdrhtati and coverпоклопац,
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čekamo, strepimo i skrivamo,
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to wait more, still, wait.
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čekamo još, još čekamo.
00:55
We were told to be silentтихо.
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Rečeno nam je da utihnemo.
00:57
But speakговорити to your girlsдевојке of this wartimeiz vremena rata,
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No govorite svojim devojkama
o ovom ratnom dobu,
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a yearгодине precededпретходи by a scoreрезултат of the sameисти,
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godini kojoj je prethodilo isto stanje,
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so as in two decadesдеценија before,
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kao i dve decenije ranije,
01:04
we wipedobrisao our eyesочи,
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brisali smo oči,
01:06
lacednapunio casketskovčezi with flagszastavice,
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oblagali sanduke zastavama,
01:08
evacuatedевакуисано the crimeзлочин sceneсцена of the clubклуб,
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evakuisali mesto zločina u klubu,
01:10
caterwauledcaterwauled in the streetулица,
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jecali na ulicama,
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laidположено our bodiesтела on the concreteбетон
againstпротив the outlinesprikazi strukture of our fallenпао,
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polagali tela na beton
preko kontura onih što su pali,
01:14
criedplakao, "Of courseкурс we matteredbilo bitno,"
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vapili: "Naravno da smo važni",
01:16
chanteduzvikivali su for our disappearedнестао.
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pojali smo za nestale.
01:18
The womenЖене weptплакао this yearгодине.
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Žene su plakale ove godine.
01:20
They did.
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Jesu.
01:21
In the sameисти yearгодине, we were readyспреман.
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Iste godine, bili smo spremni.
Godina kad smo izgubili ustručavanja
i kretali se odvažnom razuzdanošću
01:24
The yearгодине we lostизгубљено our inhibitionинхибиција
and movedпреселила се with courageoushrabar abandonnapustiti
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01:27
was alsoтакође the yearгодине we staredзурио down barrelsбачве,
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je bila i godina kad smo zurili u cevi,
pevali o ždralovima po nebesima
saginjali se i vrdali,
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sangpevao of cranesdizalice in skiesнебо,
duckedsagnuo se and parriedsamo branio,
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01:32
caughtухваћен goldзлато in hijabmaramu,
collectedприкупљени deathсмрт threatspretnje,
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hvatali zlato u hidžabu,
sakupljali pretnje smrću,
01:34
knewзнала ourselvesсами as patriotspatriote,
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spoznali sebe kao patriote,
rekli: "35 nam je, vreme da se skrasimo
i nađemo partnera za trčanje",
01:36
said, "We're 35 now, time we settledсеттлед down
and foundнашао a runningтрчање matedruže,"
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01:39
madeмаде roadпут mapsмапе for infantдете joyрадост,
shamedOsramotila nothing but fearбојати се,
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pravili mape puteva ka detinjoj radosti
stideli se samo straha,
01:42
calledпозвани ourselvesсами fatдебео and meantмислио, of courseкурс,
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nazivali se debelim
i podrazumevali, naravno,
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impeccablebesprekoran.
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besprekornost.
01:45
This yearгодине, we were womenЖене,
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Ove godine smo bile žene,
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not bridesneveste or trinketsnakit,
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a ne mlade ili ukrasi,
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not an off-brandmarke genderпол,
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ne nebrendirani rod,
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not a concessionkoncesija, but womenЖене.
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ne ustupci, već žene.
01:53
InstructUputite your babiesбебе.
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Uputite svoje bebe.
01:54
RemindPodseti them that the yearгодине has passedположио
to be docilepitoma or smallмали.
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Podsetite ih da je prošla godina
da se bude poslušan i sitan.
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Some of us said for the first time
that we were womenЖене,
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Neke od nas su prvi put
izgovorile da su žene,
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tookузела this oathzakletvu of solidarityсолидарност seriouslyозбиљно.
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ozbiljno shvatile zakletvu solidarnosti.
02:03
Some of us boredosadan childrenдеца
and some of us did not,
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Neke od nas su nosile decu, a neke nisu,
i nijedna nije sumnjala
da li nas to čini stvarnim
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and noneниједан of us questionedispitivali
whetherда ли је that madeмаде us realправи
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02:07
or appropriateприкладан or trueистина.
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ili prikladnim ili istinitim.
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When she asksпита you of this yearгодине,
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Kada vas upita za ovu godinu,
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your daughterћерка, whetherда ли је your offspringпотомство
or heirnaslednik to your triumphtrijumf,
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vaša kćerka, bilo potomkinja
ili naslednica vašeg trijumfa,
02:14
from her comfortedutehu sideстрана of historyисторија
teeteringtetura se towardsка womanжена,
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s njene utešne strane istorije
koja naginje ka ženama,
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she will wonderпитати се and askпитати voraciouslyurliиuжi,
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čudiće se i pitati halapljivo,
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thoughипак she cannotне може fathomhvati your sacrificeжртвовање,
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iako neće moći da dokuči vaše žrtve,
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she will holdдржати your estimationпроцена of it holySveti,
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smatraće vaše procene svetim,
02:24
curiouslyЗанимљиво probingispitivanje, "Where were you?
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znatiželjno ispitujući: "Gde si bila?
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Did you fightборба?
Were you fearfulстрах or fearsomeneustraљivi?
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Da li si se borila? Da li si bila
strašljiva ili neustrašljiva?
02:30
What coloredобојено the wallsзидови of your regretžaljenje?
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Šta je obojilo zidove tvog kajanja?
02:32
What did you do for womenЖене
in the yearгодине it was time?
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Šta si uradila za žene
u godini kad beše vreme?
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This pathпут you madeмаде for me,
whichкоја bonesкости had to breakпауза?
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Za ovaj put koji si mi prokrčila,
koje kosti si polomila?
Da li si uradila dovoljno
i da li si dobro, mama?
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Did you do enoughдовољно, and are you OK, mommaMama?
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02:40
And are you a heroјунак?"
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Da li si heroj?"
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She will askпитати the difficultтешко questionsпитања.
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Pitaće teška pitanja.
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She will not careнега
about the arcARC of your browobrve,
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Neće mariti za svod vaših obrva,
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the weightтежина of your clutchkvacilo.
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težinu vašeg stiska.
02:47
She will not askпитати of your mentionsspominje.
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Neće pitati za vaše pomeni.
02:49
Your daughterћерка, for whomкога you have
alreadyвећ carriedноси so much, wants to know
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Vaša kćerka, zbog koje ste već
podneli toliko, želi da zna
02:52
what you broughtдоведен, what giftпоклон,
what lightсветло did you keep from extinctionизумирање?
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šta ste doneli, kakav dar,
koje svetlo ste čuvali da ne ugasne?
02:55
When they cameДошао for victimsжртве in the night,
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Kad došli su po žrtve u noći,
02:57
did you sleepспавај throughкроз it
or were you rousedprobudio?
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da li ste to prespavali
ili vas je razbudilo?
03:00
What was the costтрошак of stayingостани wokeпробудио се?
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Koja je bila cena budnosti?
03:01
What, in the yearгодине we said time'svrijeme je up,
what did you do with your privilegeпривилегија?
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Šta, u godini kad smo rekli da je vreme,
šta ste uradili s privilegijama?
03:05
Did you supS'a ima on others'ostalih korisnika squalorprljavštini?
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Da li ste srkali tuđu muku?
Da li ste okrenuli glavu
ili ste zurili u plamen?
03:06
Did you look away
or directlyдиректно into the flameplamen?
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Da li ste znali znanje
ili ste ga tretirali kao obavezu?
03:08
Did you know your skillвештина
or treatлијечити it like a liabilityодговорност?
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03:11
Were you fooledпреварена by the epithetsepiteti
of "nastyGadna" or "lessмање than"?
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Da li su vas zavarali epiteti
"gadura" i "manje vredna"?
Da li ste podučavali otvorenog srca
ili stisnute pesnice?
03:14
Did you teachнаучити with an openотворен heartсрце
or a clenchedstegnut fistпесницу?
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03:17
Where were you?
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Gde ste bili?
Recite joj istinu. Nek to bude vaš cilj.
03:18
Tell her the truthистина. Make it your life.
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03:20
ConfirmPotvrdi it. Say, "DaughterĆerka, I stoodстајао there
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Potvrdite. Recite: "Kćeri, stajala sam tu
03:22
with the momentтренутак
drawnнацртан on my faceлице like a daggerbodež,
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kad je tren crtao po mom licu kao bodež
i hitnuo se na sebe samog,
03:24
and flungzabodeni it back at itselfсам,
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03:26
slicingsekao spaceпростор for you."
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sekući prostor za tebe."
03:27
Tell her the truthистина, how you livedживели
in spiteиначе of crookedкрио oddsквоте.
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Reci joj istinu, kako si živela
uprkos nepoštenim šansama.
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Tell her you were braveхрабри,
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Reci joj da bila si hrabra
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and always, always
in the companyкомпанија of courageхраброст,
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i uvek, uvek u društvu hrabrosti,
03:33
mostlyуглавном the daysдана
when you just had yourselfсами.
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najviše onih dana kad si imala samo sebe.
03:36
Tell her she was bornрођен as you were,
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Reci joj da je rođena kao i ti,
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as your mothersмајке before,
and the sistersсестре besideпоред them,
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kao tvoje majke pre i sestre pored njih,
03:40
in the ageстарост of legendsлегенде, like always.
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u doba legendi, kao i uvek.
03:43
Tell her she was bornрођен just in time,
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Reci joj da je rođena
baš na vreme
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just in time
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to leadолово.
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da predvodi.
03:48
(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Milenka Okuka
Reviewed by Mile Živković

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chinaka Hodge - Writer, educator
Poet, playwright, filmmaker and educator Chinaka Hodge uses her own life and experiences as the backbone of wildly creative, powerful works.

Why you should listen

Chinaka Hodge is a writer and educator from Oakland. She received her BA from NYU’s Gallatin School and studied Writing for Film and Television at  USC’s School of Cinematic Arts MFA program. Her work has been featured in Believer Magazine, Teen People Magazine, Newsweek, San Francisco Magazine, on PBS and NPR, and in two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry. She was an Associate Producer on Simmons Lathan presents Brave New Voices for HBO.

She is a Cave Canem Graduate Fellow, was a playwright-in-residence at SF Playwrights Foundation and serves as a Visiting Editor at The California Sunday Magazine. She is an inaugural Senior Fellow at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

More profile about the speaker
Chinaka Hodge | Speaker | TED.com

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