Ayoka Chenzira

Ayoka "Ayo" Chenzira (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin gɔli November dabaa anii dali yuuni 1953) nyɛla ʒingama African-American sinii yaara, sinii darata, telivisa darata, "animator" n-ti pahi transmedia storyteller. O nyɛla tuuli African American woman "animator" ŋun tumda tum yuuni 1970s bahigu. 

Piligu biɛhigu
Bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Philadelphia, Ayoka Chenzira ma nyɛ ŋun wumsi o North Philadelphia ka bɛ zaa nyɛ ban daa be luɣ'yini ka o ma daa mali zabiri pambu shee ni. O ni daa zoori na, o daa ŋmɛri la "piano", cello, field hockey ka daa lahi bɔhindi waa wabu. Chenzira nyɛla ŋun daa piligi nucheeni baŋsim tuma saha shɛli o ni daa nyɛ bia. 

 Filmography 
 Syvilla: They Dance to Her Drum (Short) (1979)
 Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People (Short) (1984)
 Secret Sounds Screaming (Short) (1985)
 Five Out of Five (Music Video) (1986)
 On Becoming a Woman (Animation) (1986)
 The Lure and the Lore (short) (1989)
 Zajota and the Boogie Spirit (Short) (1990)
 Pull Your Head to the Moon (TV Short) (1992)
 Alma's Rainbow (1993)
 Snowfire (Short) (1994)
Sentry at the Gate: The Comedy of Jane Galvin-Lewis (1995)
 In the Rivers of Mercy Angst (Short) (1997)
 HERadventure (2014)
 MOTV (My Own TV)

Accolades

O daa deei Black Women Animate pini mini Cartoon Network honored Ayoka Chenzira yuuni 2020 ni Cultural Innovator Award.

Yuuni 2019, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences nyɛla ban daa piligi Ayoka Chenzira siniinima kpaɣisi suɣi.

Chenzira's siniinima pam nyɛla bɛ ni niŋdi shɛŋa MOMA,  Whitney Museum of American Art ka lɛbigi di shɛŋa French mini Japanese. O yuuni 1984 sinii jia Hair Piece nyɛla bɛ ni daa zaŋ shɛli niŋ yuuni 2018 National Film Registry.Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People. 1984. Directed by Ayoka Chenzira On Becoming a Woman: Mothers and Daughters Talking Together. 1987. Directed by Cheryl Chisolm|MoMA‘Cinderella,’ ‘Jurassic Park,’ ‘Hair Piece’ Added to National Film Registry|Animation World Network

Yuuni 2018, Chenzira nyɛla ŋun daa nya piibu zaŋ n-ti NAACP Award n-ti o darata tali tuma television series, Queen Sugar.

Chenzira nyɛla ŋun daa di yuuni 1991 Sony Innovator Award, ka nyɛ ŋun deei pina ka di nyɛla o sɔŋsim zaŋ n-ti  Black cinema din niŋdi New York City mini Detroit.

Additional recognitions and honors
 Brooklyn Cultural Crossroads Achievement Award, 1981Gateward, Frances K. "Chenzira, Ayoka." St. James Women Filmmakers Encyclopedia (1999): 74-76. Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text. Web. February 7, 2016.
 Paul Robeson Award, 1984
 First Place/Cultural Affairs of National Black Programming Consortium, 1984
 Mayor's Award for Contributions to the Field —Detroit, 1987
 First Place for Animation (Zajota, The Boogie Spirit), Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, 1990
 Best Producer, National Black Programming Consortium, 1990
 Silver Apple, National Educational Film and Video Festival, 1990
 First Place, Sony Innovator Award in Media, 1991"Chenzira Is Innovator." Black Film Review 6.4 (1992): 3. Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text. Web. February 7, 2016.
 First Place, John Hanks Award, 1991
 First Place, Dance Screen, 1992
 Best Overall, Best Drama, Community Choice Award, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame 1993
 Apple Computer Distinguished Educator Award (2003)

Kundivihira

External links
 http://www.ayoka.com
 WOMEN MAKE MOVIES, Ayoka Chenzira 
 http://www.heradventure.com
 http://ayomentary.com

 Ayoka Chenzira at TEDxPeachtree 2012

Pubu:Lahabaya zaa
Category:1953 births
Category:Living people
Category:African-American women writers
Category:Film directors from Pennsylvania
Category:Film producers from Pennsylvania
Category:City College of New York faculty
Category:Spelman College faculty
Category:Transmedia storytelling