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'''Abiola Abrams''' |
'''Abiola Abrams''' is an [[United States|American]] TV host, art filmmaker, and author. <ref>http://www.fanmail.biz/99604.html</ref> She is a first generation [[Guyanese]]-American who was raised in New York City. |
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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. |
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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Revision as of 20:24, 26 December 2007
Abiola Abrams | |
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| File:AbiolaAbrams2.jpg Abiola Abrams in New York City. | |
| Born | Abiola Wednesday Abrams |
| Occupation(s) | author, filmmaker, tv personality |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Website | www.abiolaabrams.com |
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]
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External links
- Official Site
- Simon & Schuster Page
- Eve Ensler Anthology
- Abiola Abrams at IMDb
- BET Site
- Official MySpace Page
- Official BlackPlanet Page
- Ms. Magazine article
- Abiola hosts African American Literary Awards AALBC
- Abiola on Amazon
- WireImage
- Largehearted Boy Article
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