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Abiola Abrams

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Abiola Abrams
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Abiola Abrams in 2013
BornAbiola Wednesday Abrams
(1976-07-29) July 29, 1976 (age 48)
🏳️ NationalityAmerican
💼 Occupation
  • Author
  • motivational speaker
  • media personality
🌐 WebsiteWomanifesting.com

Abiola Abrams 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[edit]

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 is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She was a featured speaker at NYC Women's Empowerment Summit.[12] Abrams is a certified life coach.

Career[edit]

In June 1999, Ms. magazine published a series of articles by three generations of women discussing whether Monica Lewinsky's behavior had any meaning for feminism. Abrams was featured, along with Susan Jane Gilman and the sexologist Susie Bright.[13]

Black Enterprise magazine named her site one of the top African American lifestyle blogs.[14] Her first writing project, Goddess City, an empowerment play produced at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,[15] was published in the anthology Say Word! by the University of Michigan Press.[16]

Dare,[17] Abrams' first novel, was published by Simon & Schuster on December 11, 2007.[18]

Her poem "Groceries" appears in the playwright/activist Eve Ensler's 2007 anthology A Memory, A Monologue a Rant and A Prayer[19] 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),[20] edited by Paula Derrow, and Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex (2008),[21] edited by Ellen Sussman.

In the New York Times Style Magazine,[22] filmmaker Miranda July referred to Abrams' evolution from experimental feminist art filmmaker as “just one of many inspiring paths that briefly intersected with the video Chainletter that can't be broken.” Abrams' short experimental art film “Ophelia's Opera” included in Miranda July's Joanie 4 Jackie Chainletter film series[23] was acquired in 2017 by the Criterion Channel and the Getty Museum Research Institute.[24]

Television and film[edit]

Highline Ballroom in Manhattan hosting web TV show.

Abrams has given advice on TV talk shows such as the CW Network's The Bill Cunningham Show.[25] She appeared on WE TV's Braxton Family Values as herself, interviewing the reality star Tamar Braxton for her web TV YouTube talk show.[26] Abrams gave advice on the Centric show Him and Her Rules also featuring Claudia Jordan, Dr. Jeff Gardere, Dr. Michelle Callahan.[27] Abrams also filmed an episode of Meghan McCain's Pivot series, Raising McCain named "The Death of Romance" along with the comic writer Phoebe Robinson.[28]

Abrams in Harlem, New York City

Abrams was a BBC entertainment correspondent from 2011 to 2012 and a former host of The Best Shorts,[18] Black Entertainment Television's (BET) indie film showcase and competition from 2006 to 2008.[29] Abiola also appeared on My Two Cents, a panel-style show also on her network's Centric, formerly BET J. 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 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as a part of his red carpet interview coverage of the 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles.

In spring 2009, she was featured on VH1's reality television show Tough Love. In spring 2011, she starred as a empowerment coach on MTV's reality television show Made. In addition, she has guest starred on TV series such as Law & Order and the soap opera All My Children and appears as a pop culture talking head on networks such as FOX.[30]

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).[30][31][32][33][34]

Works[edit]

  • African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy (2021)[1][3]
  • African Goddess Rising Oracle Cards (2021)[35][36]
  • Enter the Goddess Temple (2021)[37]
  • Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love (2014)[38]
  • Dare: A Love Story (2008)[17]
  • Goddess City (2011)[39][40]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Abrams, Abiola (2021). African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy. Carlsbad, CA: HAY HOUSE INC. ISBN 978-1401962944. OCLC 1198217780. Search this book on
  2. ↑ Abiola (2021-03-19). "Hay House Presents African Goddess Initiation: My New Book Cover Reveal". Womanifest Your Power with Abiola: Spirit, Mindset, Success. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "African Goddess Initiation by Abiola Abrams: 9781401962944 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  4. ↑ "African American Literary Awards Show". Facebook. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ gaynete (2019-03-19). "20 Must-Listen to Black Women Podcasts for 2019". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  6. ↑ STAFF, SUCCESS (2020-06-09). "16 Motivational Podcasts by Black Hosts You Need to Listen To". SUCCESS. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. ↑ Butler, Sana (July 2, 2019). "Black Girl-Approved and Operated Wellness Escapes For Your Next Vacation". Essence. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ Abrams, Abiola (2018-02-14). "Womanifesting". Womanifest Your Power with Abiola: Spirit, Mindset, Success. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ Essence.com Intimacy-Intervention
  10. ↑ MommyNoire.com Abiola's Love Class
  11. ↑ Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. International Membership Directory. 2004. p. 2. Search this book on
  12. ↑ "NYC Women's Empowerment Summit Electrifies the Big Apple". F.A.M.E. NYC Magazine. July 25, 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  13. ↑ Abrams, Abiola Wendy (June 1999). "Dear Monica". Ms. Archived from the original on August 6, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
    - Gilman, Susan Jane (June 1999). "Oral Report". Ms. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
    - Bright, Susie (June 1999). "The Beauty and the Brains". Ms. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  14. ↑ Black Enterprise Black-Blogger
  15. ↑ New York Public Library NYPL Archived May 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ University of Michigan Press Say Word!
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Abrams, Abiola (2007-12-11). Dare. ISBN 978-1-4165-7737-9. Search this book on
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Abiola Abrams Biography". Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  19. ↑ Ensler, Eve (2007). A memory, a monologue, a rant, and a prayer. Mollie Doyle. New York. ISBN 978-0-345-49791-8. Search this book on
  20. ↑ Derrow, Paula (2008). Behind the Bedroom Door: Getting it, Giving it, Loving it, Missing it. New York: Delacorte Press. ISBN 978-0-440-33824-6. Search this book on
  21. ↑ Sussman, Ellen (2008). Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex. New York: Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-1-59691-474-2. OCLC 191697286. Search this book on
  22. ↑ Schilling, Mary Kaye (2017-01-30). "Miranda July Shares Her Vintage Feminist Film Archive". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  23. ↑ "Ophelia's Opera – Joanie 4 Jackie". 2003. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  24. ↑ "Joanie 4 Jackie". The Criterion Channel. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  25. ↑ Bill Cunningham show Show Blogger: Abiola Abrams
  26. ↑ Tamar Braxton Talks Love and War Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  27. ↑ Miss Claudia Jean Media Kit Archived February 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  28. ↑ Meghan McCain Lifestyle Expert Archived February 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  29. ↑ "Abiola Abrams". AbiolaAbrams.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2015. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Abiola Abrams". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  31. ↑ "Abiola Abrams". Co-Creator Network. 2009.
  32. ↑ Sutton, Wayne (February 21, 2010). "#28DaysofDiversity: People of color impacting the social web. Day 21 Abiola Abrams @AbiolaTV". socialwayne.com.
  33. ↑ "CineWomen On Screen - A NYWIFT series". New York Women in Film and Television. March 1, 2010. Archived from the original on October 9, 2010.
  34. ↑ Knight, Magda (3 September 2014). "Abiola Abrams". Mookychick.
  35. ↑ "African Goddess Rising Oracle by Abiola Abrams: 9781401963101 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  36. ↑ Abrams, Abiola (2021). African Goddess Rising Oracle. Calsbad, CA: Hay House. ISBN 9781401963101. Search this book on
  37. ↑ "Goddess Temple Podcast - Motivation, Inspiration, Spirituality - Divine Feminine Goddess Gifts of the Spring Equinox". www.hipcast.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  38. ↑ Abrams, Abiola (2014). The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love : The 11 Forbidden Secrets of Feminine Power. New York, NY: Love University Press. ISBN 978-0-9660707-8-1. OCLC 884459838. Search this book on
  39. ↑ Banks, Daniel (2011). Say Word!. ISBN 978-0-472-07132-6. Search this book on
  40. ↑ "Goddess City". University of Michigan Press. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

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