Abiola Abrams
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Abiola Abrams is an American
TV host, internet personality, art filmmaker, and author. She is the author of Dare, a love story retelling of Faust
set in the hip hop
world and creator of a lifestyle
blog and web video series at AbiolaTV.com.
Entertainment Correspondent and former host of The Best Shorts, Black Entertainment Television's
(BET) indie film showcase and competition.
Abiola also appears 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 The Jimmy Kimmel Show as a part of his red carpet interview coverage of The 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
In Spring 2009, she was featured as the overly selective "Miss Picky," an advice columnist and one of the eight single women seeking love on VH1
's reality television
show Tough Love
.
In Spring 2011 she starred as a Dating Empowerment Coach helping a geeky teenager find love and become a Ladies Man on MTV
's reality television
show Made
.
In addition she has guest starred on TV series such as Law & Order
and soap opera All My Children
and appears as a pop culture talking head on networks such as FOX.
Her writing is featured in playwright/activist Eve Ensler
's current anthology A Memory, A Monologue a Rant and A Prayer (ISBN 978-0-345-49791-8) 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 also people of all backgrounds, culturally, emotionally, politically and sexually. In addition to her personal blog she writes for several publications and websites.
-American who was raised in New York City. Abrams earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College
and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Vermont College.
Abrams is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority.
Abrams was a featured speaker at Alycia Kaback
's NYC Women's Empowerment Summit.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
TV host, internet personality, art filmmaker, and author. She is the author of Dare, a love story retelling of Faust
Faust
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical...
set in the hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
world and creator of a lifestyle
Lifestyle
Lifestyle is a term to describe the way a person lives, which was originally coined by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler in 1929. The current broader sense of the word dates from 1961. A set of behaviors, and the senses of self and belonging which these behaviors represent, are collectively used...
blog and web video series at AbiolaTV.com.
Television
Abiola Abrams is currently a BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Entertainment Correspondent and former host of The Best Shorts, Black Entertainment Television's
Black Entertainment Television
Black Entertainment Television is an American, Viacom-owned cable network based in Washington, D.C.. Currently viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide, it is the most prominent television network targeting young Black-American audiences. The network was launched on January 25, 1980, by its...
(BET) indie film showcase and competition.
Abiola also appears 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 The Jimmy Kimmel Show as a part of his red carpet interview coverage of The 2007 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
In Spring 2009, she was featured as the overly selective "Miss Picky," an advice columnist and one of the eight single women seeking love on VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
's reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
show Tough Love
Tough Love (TV series)
Tough Love is an American reality television series that airs on VH1. The host and matchmaker of the show is Steven Ward of the Philadelphia based Master Matchmakers...
.
In Spring 2011 she starred as a Dating Empowerment Coach helping a geeky teenager find love and become a Ladies Man on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
show Made
Made (TV series)
MTV's MADE is a self-improvement reality television series broadcast on MTV. The series follows teens who have a goal and want to be "made" into things like singers, athletes, dancers, skateboarders, etc. The teens are joined by a "Made Coach", an expert in their chosen field, who tries to help...
.
In addition she has guest starred on TV series such as Law & Order
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
and soap opera All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
and appears as a pop culture talking head on networks such as FOX.
Film
Her mini-films, documentaries, and plays have been shown and performed in galleries, festivals, theaters, and museums throughout the US, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.Writing
Dare (ISBN 1-4165-4166-7, ISBN 978-1-4165-4166-0), Abiola Abrams' debut novel, was published by Simon and Schuster on December 11, 2007.Her writing is featured in playwright/activist Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler is an American playwright, performer, feminist and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.- Personal life :...
's current anthology A Memory, A Monologue a Rant and A Prayer (ISBN 978-0-345-49791-8) alongside such writers as Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou is an American author and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first and most highly...
, Edward Albee
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright who is best known for The Zoo Story , The Sandbox , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , and a rewrite of the screenplay for the unsuccessful musical version of Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's . His works are considered well-crafted, often...
, Alice Walker
Alice Walker
Alice Malsenior Walker is an American author, poet, and activist. She has written both fiction and essays about race and gender...
, 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 also people of all backgrounds, culturally, emotionally, politically and sexually. In addition to her personal blog she writes for several publications and websites.
Personal
She is a first generation GuyaneseGuyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
-American who was raised in New York City. Abrams earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Vermont College.
Abrams is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
sorority.
Abrams was a featured speaker at Alycia Kaback
Alycia Kaback
Alycia Kaback is an American entrepreneur, spokesperson, philanthropist, writer, producer, and media personality. Kaback owns seven businesses including a modeling agency Colby Models, and Kaback Model Management, and a production company, The "IT" Factor Productions.- Career :Kaback is founder and...
's NYC Women's Empowerment Summit.