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Davidson College’s Brenda Flanagan spent a year working as a nanny for Simone, who inspired her interest in the civil rights movement. How Nina Simone influenced an NC professor’s journey. It ...
She is the subject of Nina: A Story About Me and Nina Simone, a one-woman show first performed in 2016 at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool—a "deeply personal and often searing show inspired by the singer and activist Nina Simone" [124] —and which in July 2017 ran at the Young Vic, before being scheduled to move to Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre.
L-R: Nina Simone, Laura Mvula and Corinne Bailey Rae (Getty) Nina Simone will be celebrated in a three-day event taking place at London’s Southbank Centre, as part of an inaugural residency with ...
The 192-page book was published February 1, 1992 by Pantheon. [2] It was re-released in a 2003 Da Capo Press reprint edition following Simone's death on April 21, 2003; this edition included an introduction, "I Know How it Feels To Be Free: Nina Simone 1933–2003", written by Dave Marsh.
The documentary chronicles the life of American singer Nina Simone, who became a civil rights activist and moved to Liberia following the turbulence of the 1960s. [4] The documentary combines previously unreleased archival footage and interviews with Simone's daughter and friends. The title of the film was taken from a Maya Angelou quote. [5]
By the time she was 6 years old, Nina Simone, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, had become a regular pianist at her home church. WNC History: Nina Simone's musical talent apparent while growing up in ...
"Go Limp" is the penultimate track on Nina Simone's 1964 album Nina Simone in Concert, and is an adaptation of a protest song originally written by Alex Comfort during his involvement with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. [1] The melody and part of the chorus is taken from the folk ballad "Sweet Betsy from Pike".
Meeting Nina Simone Flanagan wanted to take college courses to pursue writing, but needed money. She hoped for a job as a domestic worker, where room and board would likely be included and she ...