Gender

Male

Location

Savannah, GA

Birthday:

April 23

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Founder of the popular Creative Thinkers International Ning site, Aberjhani is a former editor for the U.S. Air Force and a native of Savannah, Georgia (USA). He is also the author of eight books in multiple genres, including educational reference, biography, fantasy, mystery, poetry, history, and memoir. He is a winner of the Thomas Jefferson Award for his journalism, the Choice Academic Title and Best History 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 2009, Aberjhani emerged as one of the pioneers of online interpretative citizen journalism through his position as the National African-American Art Examiner for the San Francisco-based Examiner.com. In this position, he has to date logged more than 60 informative and entertaining articles on such era-defining issues as the following: the case of Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis; the life and death of cultural icon Michael Jackson; the Johnny Mercer Centennial; Gullah Culture; and profiles of artists working in the U.S. Southeast.His books, four of which have Kindle editions, include: 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). He has also served as an editor for a number of titles for both independent authors and academic institutions. These include the textbooks Apex Thinking and What Leaders Believe, both for Mountain State University in Bluefield, West Virginia.