Nina Simone Black Diva Power

"Nina Simone Black Diva Power " performed by Ruth Rogers - Wright, is the story, and music, of Nina Simone from 1958 to 1965. She went from popular jazz, blues and folk singer to be "the voice of the civil rights movement" in the United States in the early Sixties.

This play tells the story of the developing friendship with Lorraine Hansberry playwright and black activist, (played by Imat Akelo-Opio,) who persuades Nina to become active in the civil rights movement. Reluctant initially, Nina Simone ascends to greatness with her activity and songs of the movement she performed, many of which she wrote.