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Abiola Abrams | |
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Born | Abiola Wednesday Abrams July 29, 1976 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Brearley School Sarah Lawrence College (BFA) Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA) |
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Known for | books, blogging, podcasts |
Website | Womanifesting.com |
Abiola Abrams (born July 29, 1976) is an American author, podcaster, motivational speaker and spiritual life coach. Abrams has penned three books, including African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy,[1][2] her first book from self-help publisher Hay House, published on July 20, 2021.[3] Her second book, The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love, won an African American Literary Award for Best Self Help.[4] Black Enterprise included her inspirational podcast in “20 Must-Listen to Black Women Podcasts for 2019”[5] and in 2020, her podcast was chosen by Success.com[6] as one of “16 Motivational Podcasts by Black Hosts You Need to Listen To.” Essence Magazine[7] included Abrams' annual Goddess Retreat in their roundup of “Black Girl-Approved and Operated Wellness Escapes.” Abrams' website, Womanifesting.com,[8] discusses spirituality, personal growth, and entrepreneurship.
Her previous advice columns include Intimacy Intervention on Essence.com[9] and Abiola's Love Class on MommyNoire.com.[10]
Early life and education
She is a first generation Guyanese-American who was raised in New York City. Abrams attended the Brearley School. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Vermont College of Fine Arts.[11]
Abrams was a featured speaker at NYC Women's Empowerment Summit.[12]
Career
Black Enterprise magazine named her site one of the top African American lifestyle blogs.[13] Her first writing project, Goddess City, an empowerment play produced at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,[14] was published in the anthology Say Word! by the University of Michigan Press.[15]
Dare,[16] Abrams' first novel, was published by Simon & Schuster on December 11, 2007.[17]
Her poem "Groceries" appears in the playwright/activist Eve Ensler's 2007 anthology A Memory, A Monologue a Rant and A Prayer[18] alongside work by such writers as Maya Angelou, Edward Albee, Alice Walker and Edwidge Danticat. Essays by Abrams are featured in the anthologies Behind the Bedroom Door (2008),[19] edited by Paula Derrow, and Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex (2008),[20] edited by Ellen Sussman.
In the New York Times Style Magazine,
Television and film
Abrams was a
Abrams directed the documentaries Taboo: The Controversy of Black/White 'Race Mixing' in America (2005), Knives in My Throat: The Year I Survived While My Mind Tried to Kill Me (2005); and short films Stranded (2004), Ophelia's Opera (2001).[25][26][27][28][29]
Works
- African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy (2021)[1][3]
- African Goddess Rising Oracle Cards (2021)[30][31]
- Enter the Goddess Temple (2021)[32]
- Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love (2014)[33]
- Dare: A Love Story (2008)[16]
- Goddess City (2011)[34][35]
References
- ^ OCLC 1198217780.
- ^ Abiola (March 19, 2021). "Hay House Presents African Goddess Initiation: My New Book Cover Reveal". Womanifest Your Power with Abiola: Spirit, Mindset, Success. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ a b "African Goddess Initiation by Abiola Abrams: 9781401962944 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ "African American Literary Awards Show". Facebook.
- ^ gaynete (March 19, 2019). "20 Must-Listen to Black Women Podcasts for 2019". Black Enterprise. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ STAFF, SUCCESS (June 9, 2020). "16 Motivational Podcasts by Black Hosts You Need to Listen To". SUCCESS. Archived from the original on July 19, 2020.
- ^ Butler, Sana (July 2, 2019). "Black Girl-Approved and Operated Wellness Escapes For Your Next Vacation". Essence. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019.
- ^ Abrams, Abiola (February 14, 2018). "Womanifesting". Womanifest Your Power with Abiola: Spirit, Mindset, Success. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011.
- ^ Essence.com Intimacy-Intervention
- ^ MommyNoire.com Abiola's Love Class
- ^ Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. International Membership Directory. 2004. p. 2.
- ^ "NYC Women's Empowerment Summit Electrifies the Big Apple". F.A.M.E. NYC Magazine. July 25, 2011. Archived from the original on August 9, 2012.
- ^ Black Enterprise Black-Blogger
- ^ New York Public Library NYPL Archived May 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ University of Michigan Press Say Word!
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4165-7737-9.
- ^ a b "Abiola Abrams Biography". Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-345-49791-8.)
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- OCLC 191697286.
- ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ "Ophelia's Opera – Joanie 4 Jackie". 2003. Archived from the original on December 17, 2020.
- ^ "Joanie 4 Jackie". The Criterion Channel. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ "Abiola Abrams". AbiolaAbrams.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ "Abiola Abrams". IMDb. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ "Abiola Abrams". Co-Creator Network. 2009.
- ^ Sutton, Wayne (February 21, 2010). "#28DaysofDiversity: People of color impacting the social web. Day 21 Abiola Abrams @AbiolaTV". socialwayne.com.
- New York Women in Film and Television. March 1, 2010. Archived from the originalon October 9, 2010.
- ^ Knight, Magda (September 3, 2014). "Abiola Abrams". Mookychick.
- ^ "African Goddess Rising Oracle by Abiola Abrams: 9781401963101 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ISBN 9781401963101.
- ^ "Goddess Temple Podcast - Motivation, Inspiration, Spirituality - Divine Feminine Goddess Gifts of the Spring Equinox". www.hipcast.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- OCLC 884459838.
- ISBN 978-0-472-07132-6.
- ^ Goddess City. Archived from the original on October 31, 2015.
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Further reading
- Alick, Claudia. "Identity and the Word." American Theatre vol. 29, no. 10 (2012): 54-55.
- Luckett, Sharrell D. "Say Word! Voices from Hip Hop Theater: An Anthology (review)." Theatre Topics 22, no. 1 (2012): 105-06.
- The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop. Cambridge University Press. 2015. p. 90. ISBN 9781107037465.
- Toni Schlesinger. "Shelter." The Village Voice November 30, 2005 volume 50 issue 48
- Charli Penn. "How Can I Manifest More Love Into My Life?" Essence 50, no. 5 (2019): 130-31.
- Barnes, Sherri L. "Black Women Misbehavin': A New Politics of Sexuality" Feminist collections (Madison, Wis.), 2015-06-22, Vol.36 (3-4), p.1
External links
- Official website
- Abiola Abrams at IMDb