ABOUT ABERJHANI: A former editor for the U.S. Air Force and a native of Savannah, Georgia (USA), Aberjhani is the author of eight books in multiple genres, including educational reference, biography, fantasy, mystery, poetry, history, and memoir. A winner of the Thomas Jefferson Award for his journalism, headlines linking to his National African-American Art and Culture column have been published regularly on Forbes, the New York Daily, San Francisco Examiner, Huffington/Black Voices, and other online news sites.
Aberjhani is a recipient of the Choice Academic Title, Best History Book, and Notable New Jersey Book Awards for his historical writings; the Creative Loafing Critic’s Pick Best Savannah Author Award for general authorship, and the Connect Savannah 2006 Poet and Spoken Word Artist of the Year Award for his poetry. In 20ll he was awarded V.I.P. Dot in the celebrated Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait. His own books, four of which have Kindle editions, include: The River of Winged Dreams (2010), ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love (2008, with artist Luther E. Vann); The American Poet Who Went Home Again (2008); The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009; Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World (2007/2008); Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black (2006); Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (2003, Facts On File); The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois (2003, Kensington Books);and I Made My Boy Out of Poetry (1997, Washington Publications/iUniverse). ESSENCE Magazine listed his Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance among its “recommended gift items” and Black Issues Book Review listed it among their “Recommended Titles for the Home Library.” Grits.com selected his ELEMENTAL gift book of art and poetry as one the featured recommended titles for its online book club.
He also served as editor for Savannah, Immortal City and Savannah, Brokers, Bankers, and Bay Lane, from the Savannah Civil War Book Series by Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, and Vaughnette Goode-Walker. Aberjhani is also the founder of the popular Creative Thinkers International website.
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