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YVONNE MCCALLA SOBERS
Yvonne McCalla Sobers is a Jamaican living in her home island where she received her university education. She added to her store of proverbs during the four years she lived among Ghanaians who spoke Ga, Ewe, Akan, and Hausa. She was frequently amazed to hear Ghanaians use proverbs that felt as culturally familiar as ackee and saltfish cooked in coconut oil over a wood fire in her grandmothers’ kitchens. She is author of Delicious Jamaica! Vegetarian Cuisine (Book Publishing Company) and is mother of grown twin sons. For more information about Yvonne McCalla Sobers, please visit: Yvonne’s blog, or e-mail Yvonne McCalla Sobers.
ASKHARI JOHNSON HODARI
Askhari Johnson Hodari, a practitioner of Black/Africana Studies regularly studies and travels the African diaspora. She has visited numerous countries in Africa, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Hodari received her B.A. from Spelman College and her doctorate from Howard University. Hodari makes her home in the magic city of Birmingham, Alabama. She is the author of The African Book of Names (Health Communications, 2009). For more information about Askhari Johnson Hodari, visit www.drhodari.com, or e-mail Askhari Johnson Hodari.
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The Illustrator
KATIE YAMASAKI
Katie Yamasaki earned her MFA from New York City’s School of Visual Arts. She works primarily as a public artist and illustrator and has developed murals and other community art projects throughout the United States, Cuba, Namibia and Japan. Katie illustrated HONDA: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars, and is a teaching artist at Ballet Tech, the New York City Public School for Dance. She lives in Brooklyn. For more information about Katie Yamasaki, please visit: katieyamasaki.com.
Also By The Authors
Delicious Jamaica | The African Book of Names | Black Facts Calendars
DELICIOUS JAMAICA! Vegetarian Cuisine
by Yvonne McCalla Sobers
Out of a diverse mix of foods, spices, and cultures has come this wonderful array of tempting dishes as lively as the people of Jamaica themselves.
THE AFRICAN BOOK OF NAMES
5,000+ Common and Uncommon Names from the African Continent
by Askhari Johnson Hodari, Ph.D.
Destined to become a classic keepsake, The African Book of Names shares in depth insight about the spiritual, social, and political importance of names from Angola to Zimbabwe. For more information, please see: www.africanbookofnames.com . You may also “like” The African Book of Names on Facebook.
THE BLACK FACTS CALENDAR
by Askhari Johnson Hodari, Ph.D.
A Black History calendar that celebrates African descended people and uniquely lists at least one “Black fact” for each day of the year. “Like” the Black Facts Calendars on Facebook.
THE BLACK FACTS CALENDAR WOMEN
by Askhari Johnson Hodari, Ph.D.
A Black History calendar that celebrates African descended women with monthly “Black facts.” “Like” the Black Facts Calendars on Facebook.
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If you are looking for editing, proofreading or writing services, please direct your browser to www.eyeeditonline.com. Yvonne McCalla Sobers and Askhari Johnson Hodari are the founders of EyeEdit, an Editorial Services company.
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