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An exciting Sword and Soul tale by Balogun Ojetade, Once Upon a Time in Afrika tells the story of a beautiful princess and her eager suitors. Desperate to marry off his beautiful but "tomboyish" daughter, Esuseeke, the Emperor of Oyo, consults the Oracle. The Oracle tells the Emperor Esuseeke must marry the greatest warrior in all Onile (Afrika). To determine who is the greatest warrior, the Emperor hosts a grand martial arts tournament inviting warriors from all over the continent. Unknown to the warriors and spectators of the tournament a powerful evil is headed their way. Will the warriors band together against this evil? Buy your copy today at www.mvmediaatl.com Also available on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com http://www.amazon.co...pd_rhf_gw_p_t_3 http://www.barnesand...n=2940015313925 You can read an excerpt from Once Upon a Time in Africa here: http://www.scribd.co...n-Afrika-Excert

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From Women of the African Diaspora, regarding author A. Yamina Collins' new short story collection, "The Blueberry Miller Files." Warm greetings. Calling Viola.pdf About the Author . Author A. Yamina Collins runs the popular literary blog Yaminatoday.com. She has been a journalist for such publications as Affluent Page and New York Resident magazines and has been featured on About.com for women in business. The Blueberry Miller Files is her first published book. . . About the Book The Blueberry Miller Files, has just been produced by DeeBooks publishing, and it is a collection of quirky, dark, and humorous short .stories that highlight the tragedy of the human condition, with a multi-ethnical cast. . One of Yamina’s favorite stories in the book is about a black women named Madam Adams, who happens to be an Anglophile. While transcribing a play that she assumes is Shakespearean in its scope, we get to enter her “world” and in doing so, discover that she is both delusional and has a tendency to be quite verbose–yet she is loveable, just the same. . Here is one of Yamina’s favorite speeches from Madam: “Indeed, it is imperative that I be brief in this brief introduction of my play, so that the play, which I am now transcribing for posterity’s sake, may commence. Yes, brief I will be indeed, for I was once informed that I sometimes allow my words to stray in any introduction that I give; that is to say that I tend to escape the initial meaning of any correspondence that I, Madam Adams de Adams de Sir, bear forth to extol, though such accusations, I believe, hold neither meaning nor truth. I am merely a storyteller, if you will (and, also, an acclaimed and extensively credentialed award-winning actress), and I hope that this, my latest play, entitled, once again for the record, Calling Viola, shall be neither long nor short, but only simple and straight to the point. My play, about which I will perhaps offer some tiny observations, will begin, quite naturally, at the beginning, if one doesn’t mind, because beginnings are always the best way to begin a tale. And so my tale will begin here, at the beginning, which in many ways is the end, but since the end signifies the essence of the beginning (and the beginning bears witness to the end), then the end really is the beginning and, therefore, that is where my play shall begin—at the beginning.” . More about Yamina: . Blog: www.Yaminatoday.com Facebook: Facebook/yaminatoday Twitter: Yaminatoday

"This is for the manuscripts trapped in terrorized minds." I loved that line. We have so much to share with the world - especially stories other than street/thug lit. I do wish the short clip would talk more about black authors and publishing though. I thought this would be an expose on the publishing industry and black authors and it wasn't. Then again, it's a teaser to raise money for a larger project via indiegogo, right? Well...I wish them well! Best, A. Yamina Collins http://yaminatoday.com/