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Feb.13.2012
I am delighted to announce the launch of my new ebook, Secrets of the Black Bloggers.  The griot was part of an ancient oral tradition in areas of West Africa from which many of our ancestors originated. Click here to read my blog.         
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Jul.14.2011
As part of our discussion of financial independence and family independence, on Saturday, we interviewed Elizabeth Isley Barkley, author of One Isley Brother's Daughter. She talks about the effects of her father's celebrity on her childhood and family life.   If you would like to hear the...
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Jun.28.2011
Did you attend the National Black Book Festival this year?  If so, what were your experiences? Click here for National Black Book Festival news.  
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Feb.18.2011
Choosing my "favorite" literary work by an African American author is an impossibility. I liken it to choosing my favorite letter in the alphabet: A single letter in isolation can not perform its function. Other letters are required for words, for sentences – for ideas to take shape. The...
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Sep.04.2009
Every day in the papers and on TV, we get the bad news.  Murders, political intrigue and corruption, the state of the economy. Let's  celebrate Black success.  All around us are ordinary people doing extraordinary things.  Our children need to be reflected in positive ways, not just the negative...
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Aug.06.2009
One of the things I love about publishing the More Black Success free ebooks is that I can help promote other African American authors.  I find it so heartwarming and inspiring to read about Black businesses and community projects, and to have the opportunity to spread the word about them.   For...
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Jun.17.2009
I will beon the Rhoda Wilson ShowFriday 19th June 10 p.m.on BEN TV, Sky Channel 184 I will be speaking about my book Success Strategies for Black People and my Nonviolent Communication workshops for Black parents.  I am very passionate about this work.  It is changing lives.  I hope you will join...
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Jun.16.2009
I'm going to be interviewed on the Rhoda Wilson Show Friday 19th June at 10:00 p.m. UK time. You can watch this interview on BEN TV, Sky Channel 184 at 10pm. I will be talking about my Nonviolent Communication (NVC) workshops http://www.blacksuccess1.com/improvingcommunication.htm and my book <i...
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Apr.29.2009
Meji Book Two is coming together. The manuscript is edited, the cover art done, the intro submitted, the writing approved. This is my second publishing effort and in benefitted greatly from my first experience. I learned what is essential to publishing a book and I also learned how hard it is. But...
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Feb.26.2009
Tonight, Thursday 26th February, from 9:45 p.m. EST, I will be at the Town Hall Meeting on the Black Author Network radio show. I will be talking about my books Success Strategies for Black People http://www.blacksuccess1.com/achieveyourgoals.htm and What They Don't Want Us to Know http://www.lulu....