Difference between revisions of "Abiola Abrams"

From Romance Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(New page: {{DEFAULTSORT:Last name, First name}}<!--fill in the last and first name of the author--> Category:Authors - XX <!--fill in the initial of the author's last name in place of the XX--> ...)
 
Line 1: Line 1:
{{DEFAULTSORT:Last name, First name}}<!--fill in the last and first name of the author-->
+
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abrams, Abiola}}<!--fill in the last and first name of the author-->
[[Category:Authors - XX]] <!--fill in the initial of the author's last name in place of the XX-->
+
[[Category:Authors - A]] <!--fill in the initial of the author's last name in place of the XX-->
  
'''AUTHOR NAME''' and general discussion about the author - honors, influences, special characteristics.
+
'''Abiola Abrams''' is an American TV host, art filmmaker, and author. [1] She is a first generation Guyanese-American who was raised in New York City.
 +
 
 +
She is currently the host of The Best Shorts, BET's indie film showcase and competition (Black Entertainment Television) executive produced by Sean Joell Johnson and Ralph Scott. She is the author of Dare a retelling of Faust set in the hip hop world. Abiola also appears on My Two Cents, a panel-style show also on her network's BET J, formerly BET Jazz. She has hosted or co-hosted such shows as the syndicated The Source: All Access, Source Magazine's hip hop show, and Chat Zone, an HBO interstitial talk show billed as Politically Incorrect for the MTV set, and appeared on The Jimmy Kimmel Show as a part of his red carpet interview coverage of The 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
 +
 
 +
Her edgy and controversial mini-films, documentaries and plays have been shown and performed in galleries, festivals, theaters and museums throughout the US, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, and she was named a Fun, Fearless, Female by Cosmopolitan Magazine as a result.
 +
 
 +
A self-declared hip hop feminist, her writing is featured in playwright/ activist Eve Ensler's current anthology A Memory, A Monologue a Rant and A Prayer alongside such writers as Maya Angelou, Edward Albee, Alice Walker and Edwidge Danticat. In addition, essays by Abiola Abrams will be featured in the upcoming anthologies Behind the Bedroom Door edited by Paula Derrow and Dirty Words: An Encyclopedia of Sex edited by Ellen Sussman. Abiola Abrams is the founder of The Goddess Factory, a fun, inspirational movement to motivate and empower primarily women, but people of all backgrounds, culturally, emotionally, politically and sexually. Dare, her debut novel, was published by Simon and Schuster on December 11, 2007. [2]
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==

Revision as of 22:22, 19 January 2008


Abiola Abrams is an American TV host, art filmmaker, and author. [1] She is a first generation Guyanese-American who was raised in New York City.

She is currently the host of The Best Shorts, BET's indie film showcase and competition (Black Entertainment Television) executive produced by Sean Joell Johnson and Ralph Scott. She is the author of Dare a retelling of Faust set in the hip hop world. Abiola also appears on My Two Cents, a panel-style show also on her network's BET J, formerly BET Jazz. She has hosted or co-hosted such shows as the syndicated The Source: All Access, Source Magazine's hip hop show, and Chat Zone, an HBO interstitial talk show billed as Politically Incorrect for the MTV set, and appeared on The Jimmy Kimmel Show as a part of his red carpet interview coverage of The 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles.

Her edgy and controversial mini-films, documentaries and plays have been shown and performed in galleries, festivals, theaters and museums throughout the US, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, and she was named a Fun, Fearless, Female by Cosmopolitan Magazine as a result.

A self-declared hip hop feminist, her writing is featured in playwright/ activist Eve Ensler's current anthology A Memory, A Monologue a Rant and A Prayer alongside such writers as Maya Angelou, Edward Albee, Alice Walker and Edwidge Danticat. In addition, essays by Abiola Abrams will be featured in the upcoming anthologies Behind the Bedroom Door edited by Paula Derrow and Dirty Words: An Encyclopedia of Sex edited by Ellen Sussman. Abiola Abrams is the founder of The Goddess Factory, a fun, inspirational movement to motivate and empower primarily women, but people of all backgrounds, culturally, emotionally, politically and sexually. Dare, her debut novel, was published by Simon and Schuster on December 11, 2007. [2]

See Also

  • PSEUDONYM - If an author writes under multiple names, list them here.

On the Web

Books

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Novellas

Series/Related Titles

This is a great place to aggregate the various series and related titles.

Awards/Honors