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'''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.
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'''Abiola Abrams''' is an American TV host, art filmmaker, and author raised in New York City. Her debut novel [[Dare]] was published by Simon and Schuster.  '''Dare,''' is the poetic, poignant, motivational and humorous tale of a woman recovering from a broken heart.  ''Dare'' has been referred to as a black [[Bridget Jones's Diary]].
  
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.
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Abiola Abrams is the founder of The Goddess Factory, a fun, inspirational movement to motivate and empower women of all backgrounds, culturally, emotionally, politically and sexually. She is currently the host of ''The Best Shorts,'' BET's indie film showcase and competition (Black Entertainment Television). Abiola also appears on ''My Two Cents,'' a panel-style show also on her network. She has hosted or co-hosted such shows as the syndicated ''The Source: All Access, Source Magazine'''s hip hop show, ''Chat Zone,'' an HBO interstitial talk show, 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.
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Abiola has appeared on Lifetime's Matt Titus matchmaker show ''Matched in Manhattan'' speaking about the connection between her writing and her own personal life. In addition she directed an American independent feminist film with erotica context for Candida Royalle's Femme Chocolat.
 
 
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 ==
 
== On the Web ==
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== Books ==
 
== Books ==
 
=== Fiction ===
 
=== Fiction ===
* [[DARE]] - 2008 ([[Simon & Schuster]])
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* [[Dare]] - 2008 ([[Simon & Schuster]])
 
 
=== Non-Fiction ===
 
  
== Novellas ==
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=== Anthologies ===
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*Abiola Abrams' writing is also featured in 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 has also written for ''Ms. Magazine.''  ''Afrodite Speaks'' is her upcoming romance and sex column which will appear bi-weekly on Dominga Martin's online magazine Creme.
  
 
== Series/Related Titles ==
 
== Series/Related Titles ==
  
This is a great place to aggregate the various series and related titles.
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*Abiola Abrams has created other feminist hip hop related work in the film genre.  Independent films ''Afrodite Superstar'', ''Ophelia's Opera'' and ''Knives in My Throat''.
  
 
== Awards/Honors ==
 
== Awards/Honors ==
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* Cosmpolitan Magazine Fun, Fearless, Female

Latest revision as of 23:26, 19 January 2008


Abiola Abrams is an American TV host, art filmmaker, and author raised in New York City. Her debut novel Dare was published by Simon and Schuster. Dare, is the poetic, poignant, motivational and humorous tale of a woman recovering from a broken heart. Dare has been referred to as a black Bridget Jones's Diary.

Abiola Abrams is the founder of The Goddess Factory, a fun, inspirational movement to motivate and empower women of all backgrounds, culturally, emotionally, politically and sexually. She is currently the host of The Best Shorts, BET's indie film showcase and competition (Black Entertainment Television). Abiola also appears on My Two Cents, a panel-style show also on her network. She has hosted or co-hosted such shows as the syndicated The Source: All Access, Source Magazine's hip hop show, Chat Zone, an HBO interstitial talk show, and appeared on The Jimmy Kimmel Show as a part of his red carpet interview coverage of The 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles.

Abiola has appeared on Lifetime's Matt Titus matchmaker show Matched in Manhattan speaking about the connection between her writing and her own personal life. In addition she directed an American independent feminist film with erotica context for Candida Royalle's Femme Chocolat.

On the Web

Books

Fiction

Anthologies

  • Abiola Abrams' writing is also featured in 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 has also written for Ms. Magazine. Afrodite Speaks is her upcoming romance and sex column which will appear bi-weekly on Dominga Martin's online magazine Creme.

Series/Related Titles

  • Abiola Abrams has created other feminist hip hop related work in the film genre. Independent films Afrodite Superstar, Ophelia's Opera and Knives in My Throat.

Awards/Honors

  • Cosmpolitan Magazine Fun, Fearless, Female