By Ujima Magazine on May 20, 2010
The fourth Annual Austin African American Book Festival will feature the 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard Pitts. This year’s theme is “Black Men Writers Inspiring Change”. The event is Saturday, June 26, 2010 and will take place on the grounds of the Carver Branch Library and the Carver Museum and [...]
Posted in Authors, Literature
By Damita on April 27, 2010
Contact Information: Commissions & Private Viewing
Phone: Bydee Art Gallery 512.480.3100
E-mail: meredithsisnett@gmail.com
Meredith Sisnett was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Austin, Texas. Her love and exposure of art began at
an early age. As a child, her family exposed her to plays, food, music and people of many different cultures and back-
grounds. Sisnett is an [...]
Posted in Arts/Culture, Literature | Tagged Artist, Meredith Sisnett
By Damita on March 18, 2010
Catching Up with Shirlean Simmons-Devine, author of “A Black Mississippi.”
Shirlean Simmons-Devine is a new writer in Austin. She has written a book called “Black Mississippi.” Devine started writing in 1999 and it took ten years for her to complete her first novel. It took a while because she was raising a son alone, who has [...]
Posted in Authors, Literature | Tagged Books, Shirlean Devine
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By Ujima Magazine on March 18, 2010
1. How long have you been a writer? Where did you get your passion?
I have been a writer since my elementary school days…I love print media and was always fascinated by story books. Writing to me is like an art and I can get very creative with vivid imagination…”Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge [...]
Posted in Authors, Literature | Tagged Destiny, Inspiration, Life
By Lizzi on February 15, 2010
Megan Fox is the new face of Emporio Armani underwear. Check out her new 30 sec video promoting the luxury brand at the source.
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Tyra Banks announced that esteemed Vogue Editor-At-Large Andre Leon Talley is joining the panel of judges on this season’s America’s Next Top Model. Talley is one of the biggest influencers in the [...]
Posted in Celebrity Second, Literature
By Lizzi on February 15, 2010
After suffering one of the worst earthquakes in the last 200 years measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, Haiti has become a hot topic around the world due to the extreme devastation. Outpouring of support both monetary and voluntary was galvanized around the world in an effort to help people of Haiti through [...]
Posted in Literature | Tagged Earthquake, Haiti
By Lizzi on January 7, 2010
When the Tiger Woods scandal blew up, it wasn’t so sensational because of the multitude of mistresses or the car crash and its unknown details, but because it was about Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods may be the most famous golfer and arguably the most famous athlete in the world, but he has worked to [...]
Posted in Literature
By Lizzi on January 7, 2010
In order to get a reality show, it seems people are attempting more and more outrageous stunts for attention and free publicity. Many of us are aware of the antics of “Speidi” the infamous couple from the MTV reality series, The Hills. These two characters have had public fights, staged photo opportunities and [...]
Posted in Literature
By Lizzi on November 2, 2009
It’s been a few weeks since the 2009 Nobel Committee awarded President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize in an extremely unexpected move. Even those in the President’s camp were stunned when the announcement came. In any case, there has been fierce debate not only among political commentators, but on social networking sites like [...]
Posted in Literature
By Lizzi on October 15, 2009
For the first Ujima Blog post, we’re going to be diving into an issue that has caused pain, anger and wreaked havoc in an entire community. I, too, am no stranger to searing pain, bouts of violence, and public moments of insanity over this perilous situation. In fact, I walked right into the [...]
Posted in Literature
