Tag Archives: TED

The Yellow Brick Road Song is USA Network show Fairly Legal’s theme song!

Posted on January 20, 2011 by iyeoka

HUGE NEWS!!! The Yellow Brick Road Song, the first song on Iyeoka’s SAY YES album, is the official theme song for the USA network show Fairly Legal. You’ll hear it in the first episode (airing Thursday Jan 20, 2011) during … Continue reading →

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WHAT IF? …Maybe now.

Posted on December 14, 2010 by iyeoka

Poet, TED Fellow, Nigerian-American singer Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo offers insight to a piece she chose to share at TEDxMidatlantic in DC on November 5, 2010. View video here. Continue reading →

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Posted on December 13, 2010 by iyeoka

is anyone capable of helping you more than you? Tomorrow- make a new sound. Focus your hopes to spring you out of this sadness. To remain there is madness. I tried it. It doesn’t work. For me, this new depth … Continue reading →

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TEDGlobal 2010

Posted on September 20, 2010 by iyeoka

TED Fellow Iyeoka Okoawo at Grand Opening Party at TEDGlobal 2010. Oxford, UK, July 12-16, 2010. Credit: Robert Leslie / TED TED Fellow Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo at TEDGlobal 2010. Oxford, UK, July 12-16, 2010. Credit: James Duncan Davidson / TED … Continue reading →

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General Introductions to Magic and the Art of Choice

Posted on August 5, 2010 by iyeoka

If You Make Magic LONG Enough, It WILL Find A Way To Swallow YOU Whole. I Would LIKE To Know what IT Feels Like… To Be Swallowed Whole By MAGIC. -Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo Shaping The Pulse Of A Moment If … Continue reading →

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THIS IS MY MEDICINE

Posted on July 30, 2010 by iyeoka

This is my Medicine. New song lyrics from 2010 Ted Global Fellow Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo who was a practicing CVS retail pharmacist for 10 years before quitting her day job to become a full time slam poet and one of the hottest new recording artist to hit the underground music movement. Continue reading →

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WHEN THE “SIDE PROJECT” BECOMES THE BIG DEAL

Posted on July 28, 2010 by iyeoka

I believe we have the ability to shift our minds to intersect with the most relevant voice inside of us. That voice may have more relevance than you could have ever imagined. I decided to choose Evan Williams’s 2009 Longbeach … Continue reading →

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REFLECTIONS OF a TED FELLOW (word 001)

Posted on July 20, 2010 by iyeoka

TED Fellow Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo recounts, “So there I was, watching Elif Shafak pull words and meaning into focus in her talk that included mention of spiritual companions, parallel conversations, and gaps that effect stories. So much happened between us in those 18 minutes. The effect resembled rejuvenation.” Continue reading →

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And Now the Good News…

Posted on July 11, 2010 by franchismo

I’m off to Oxford today as a 2010 TED Global Fellow!   To be far away from home is not always easy for me. Oxford was an easy destination to say YES to. What helps me in the abundance of … Continue reading →

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