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| Dr. Nina Angela Mercer (Photo: Fabiola Jean Louis) |
Headshot of a black woman with caramel-honey skin looking directly into the camera. She has dark brown hair that is long and curly. She also wore a maroon crocheted hat with saffron and sky blue trim crocheted into the brim panel. She wore dark maroon lipstick. She didn’t smile brightly, but she looked content. During the day she was outside.
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| Dr. Mercer prays for José Antonio Aponte, a video poem (Photo: Satoshi Sakai) | |
A black and white photo of a caramel and honey brown black woman holding two branches in front of her face. The branches framed her face so that the top and bottom parts of her face were covered by the two branches she was holding. In the dim light, only her eyes, cheeks and nose were visible. Her hair was engulfed in shadow. But her hands and collarbone are also clearly visible. She wore a V-neck black dress. She wears a silver necklace with two charms – one with a lapis lazuli stone and the other with a small silver bow and arrows.
Next body and soul Podcast where we interview playwrights and academics Dr. Nina Angela Mercer Drawing from her family roots in Washington, D.C., and her lifelong fascination with mythology and world-building, she examines how the stories a society or community tells about itself often promote marginalization and erasure of history.
listen first part her body and soul Interlude –Dr. Nina Angela Mercer: Myths Dispelled—On Spotify, click here. and you can find the second part here.
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| Gypsy and Bullygate Georgetown University, 2023 |
Dr. Nina Angela Mercer Cultural workers, scholars, and interdisciplinary artists. Her plays include The ancient pagoda is beautiful; ITAGUA MEJI: A road and a prayer; Eliasim turns into the wind; the charm of the crossroads; the compulsion to breathe; the mother’s witty, aquatic nature; and Gypsy and Bullygate. She also collaborates with Urban Bush Women as a writer and performer Fly infection. Nina’s work was published in Killens art and literary criticism; Black Renaissance Black; Continuum: A Journal of African Diaspora Theatre, Theater and Performance; Tribal Gathering Online Magazine; Break Beat Poets Vol 2: Black Girl Magic; are you happy? Black pop culture in the 21st century; Journal of Performance Research; represent! A new drama for multicultural young people; and so we can know. She is currently a Community Engagement Fellow at Georgetown University’s Woodshed Center for Arts, Thought, and Culture, Institute for Racial Justice. She is also the executive director Ocean Ana Rising, Inc./OAR. For more information, visit her: www.ninaangelamercer.com.
