The National African American Cultural Arts Examiner Years 2009-2016
The Examiner.com online journalism initiative, which took its brand name from San Francisco’s famous newspaper, from 2008-2016 published the works of professional nationally-known writers alongside that of many novice locally-focused contributors in the United States. This page documents known titles (beneath the slideshow) of most of the estimated 100-200 articles, poems, and essays written by Aberjhani for the platform in his role as its National African American Cultural Arts Examiner.
Before the pro-am Examiner.com journalism platform, which first operated under billionaire Philip Anschutz and Anschutz Entertainment’s Clarity Media Group, then later as part of AXS, shut down, it was host to column by written Aberjhani. At first launched as a National African Art Examiner column in 2009, it evolved into a more comprehensive cultural arts column focused on topics ranging from the creative arts to social activism, global politics, environmental injustice, and spirituality. In fact, many of the articles may be read as essays and considered among some of the author’s most important and impactful writing.
To date, however, this material has not been collected for publication in book form. Examiner’s abrupt end of publication July 2016 made it difficult for writers who relied solely on the platform to preserve their work to obtain records or files of it. Moreover, in Aberjhani’s case, data files lost to extreme climate events and other emergency situations make it difficult to determine exactly how many articles he wrote in his capacity as the National African-American Arts Examiner. What follows is an inventory of articles known up to this point.
Year 2009
July 2009: Expanding Legacy of Savannah's Diaspora Marketplace (Parts 1-2).
July 2009: Portraits of U.S. Artists in the Southeast: Jerome Meadows (Parts 1-2).
July 2009: A City and Its Sunday Brunch Taste for Music.
July 2009: Triumphant Tribute to Friendship and [Johnny] Mercer.
July 2009: The Nujazz New Millennium Soul of Maxwell's BLACKsummers'night.
July 2009: The Rise of Gullah Diva Sallie Ann Robinson.
August 2009: Michael Jackson: Legacies of a Globetrotting Moonwalking Philanthropist (Parts 1-2).
August 2009: The Unique Genius of Gullah Artist Allen Fireall (Parts 1-3).
August 2009: Hurricanes and Hometowns: Interview with [New Orleans] Writer Nordette Adams (Parts 1-2).
August 2009: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 1: the Inmate on Death Row.
August 2009: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 2: the World and Mr. Davis.
August 2009: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 3: the Slain Officer MacPhail.
August 2009: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 4: the Grass Roots Response.
August 2009: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 5: Race, Death, and Justice in America.
August 2009: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 6: U.S. Supreme Court Says "Yes".
August 2009: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 7: Twentieth Anniversary of the Murder.
August 2009: The City of Savannah Celebrates a Favorite Son.
September 2009: Reading Rumi after 9/11.
September 2009: Michael Jackson: A Moonwalking Giant Lies Down to Rest (Parts 1-2).
September 2009: Author Maya Angelou Long-listed for Nobel Prize in Literature.
September 2009: Sold-out Michael Jackson Tickets and Yearning for Something More.
September 2009: Savannah Libraries Launch "Soul of a People" Federal Writers Project Celebration.
September 2009: Double Loss for Grey's Anatomy's Chandra Wilson Highlights African-American Women and Emmys.
September 2009: Presidential Poet Elizabeth Alexander Wows Penn State Audience (Parts 1-2).
September 2009: The World Lets Go While Holding on to Michael Jackson (Part 1): the Moonwalk Continues.
September 2009: The World Lets Go While Holding on to Michael Jackson (Part 2): Greatness Immortalized.
September 2009: Musician-Artist Don Dean's Eclectic Human Condition (Parts 1-3).
October 2009: Savannah Coastal Chapter Hosts SCLC Georgia State Convention.
October 2009: Three Great Movies to Tag for Holiday Viewing (Parts 1-2).
October 2009: Savannah State Continues Fine Art Series with Phil Starks' "Gaia, Earth Goddess" Exhibit (Parts 1-2).
October 2009: Barack Obama joins distinguished predecessors as winner of 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
October 2009: Two Literary Laureates Celebrated: Herta Müller and Amiri Baraka (Parts 1-2).
December 2009: Lowcountry Artists and Authors Featured in Gullah Christmas Show.
December 2009: Author Toni Morrison's passion for historic truth revealed (Parts 1-2).
December 2009: Official Michael Jackson Opus Published (Report Parts 1- 2): The Artist and the Singer; and, The Different Sides of a Global Icon.
November 2009: Artist Michele Wood Delivers Inspired Holiday Offerings.
November 2009: Georgia PBS Presents Broadcast of Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize.
November 2009: Work and Soul in Michael Jackson's This Is It (Special Series Part 1): The Human Nature of Dance.
November 2009: Work and Soul in Michael Jackson's This Is It (Special Series Part 2): The Miracle of Children.
November 2009: Work and Soul in Michael Jackson's This Is It (Special Series Part 3): A Spotlight on Excellence.
November 2009: Work and Soul in Michael Jackson's This Is It (Special Series Part 4): The Existential Spirit.
December 2009 – Jan 2010: 10 Great moments in African-American history 2009 (special series): Parts 1-3).
Year 2010
January 2010: Haiti and Humanity's Fierce Urgency of Now.
January 2010: Official video for Sade's "Soldier of Love" makes debut.
January 2010: Poet Kahlil Gibran gets helping hand from friend Mary Haskell.
January 2010: 10 Great moments in African-American history 2009 (special series): Final part 4.
February 2010: Harlem Renaissance dialogues (parts 1-7): Living and writing Black history; Savannah and the Harlem Renaissance; A poet rediscovered in The Great Debaters; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and giants of the Renaissance; The need to know and the value of legacy; Publishing trends and modern readers; and The Renaissance and contemporary issues.
February 2010: Susan L. Taylor's All About Love (a book review).
February 2010: Breakthrough artist Amiri Farris launches multimedia Black History Month platform (parts 1-2).
March 2010: Barack Obama extends historical legacy "Astride the Promise of Change" (parts 1-2).
March 2010: 5 Notable women of the past and present (special series part 8): Author Octavia E. Butler; Comic Jackie "Moms" Mabley; Savannah's Dr. Abigail Jordan; Nina Simone; and singer-actress Abbey Lincoln.
March 2010: Savannah artists combine creative resources to assist Haiti (parts 1-2).
April 2010: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 8: Date Set for Evidentiary Hearing.
April 2010: City of Savannah hosts first Black Expo (parts 1-2).
April 2010: Poetry and jazz lovers kick off month-long celebrations (parts 1-2).
May 2010: The life, times, and legacies of Lena Horne (parts 1-2).
May 2010: Savannah talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 9: Court date changes.
June 2010: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 10: New hearing continues today.
June 2010: Parisian surrealism comes to city of Savannah (parts 1-2).
September 2010: John Legend and The Roots Issue Wake Up Call: Hard funky times (part 1-2).
August 2010: Michael Jackson and summertime from this point on (Parts 1-2).
August 2010: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 11: Judge Moore says "Not innocent".
August 2010: Jazz legend Abbey Lincoln was also a poet.
August 2010: Ben Okri's "Famished Road" Leads to Thrilling Reading Pleasure (Parts 1-2).
October 2010: Barack Obama, the Tea Party, and the Art of Political Persuasions (part 1, Cool).
October 2010: Barack Obama, the Tea Party, and the Art of Political Persuasions (part 2, Signs).
October 2010: Barack Obama, the Tea Party, and the Art of Political Persuasions (part 3, Reality Gap).
October 2010: Biographer reveals source of magic behind writer’s success (parts 1- 2, on Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
December 2010: Countdown of 10 Great Moments in 2010 (parts 1-10).
2011
January 2011: As Egypt Howls and History Tweets.
January 2011: Black History Month enhanced by International Year for People of African Descent (Report on 2011 International Year Part 1).
February 2011: Report on 2011 International Year Part 2: the French Quest of Patrick Lozes.
February 2011: Report on 2011 International Year Part 3: In the Land of Afro-Germans.
February 2011: Report on 2011 International Year Part 4: Haiti Now and Tomorrow.
February 2011: Report on 2011 International Year Part 5: Haiti’s Poetics of Pain and Resilience.
March 2011: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 12: Supreme Court Denies Appeal.
April 2011: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 13 Death of Virginia Davis.
April 2011: “Nuclear Snow in Japanese Springtime”: An editorial poem-commentary.
September 2011: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 14: Death Order Signed.
September 2011: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 15: Board Denies Clemency.
September 2011: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 16: No Reprieve.
December 2011: Events in 2011 and Forthcoming Book Strengthen James Baldwin’s Legacy.
2012
February 2012: Notebook on Black History Month 2012 (Parts 1-6): featuring poem The Consecrated Soul of Whitney Houston; The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, film review; and more.
June 2012: Trayvon Martin, Robert Lee, and Millions of Tears Fallen, editorial on the killing of Trayvon Martin.
June 2012: Poetics of Paradigm Dancing in the 2012 Presidential Election Campaign.
August 2012: Guerrilla Decontextualization and the 2012 Presidential Election Campaign (Parts 1-3).
September 2012: Considering Michael Clarke Duncan: Reflections and Poem “Big Black Man Within a Nonsociopolicohistorical Context.”
September 2012: Savannah Talks Troy Anthony Davis No. 17 1st Anniversary of the Execution.
2013
February 2013: Notes on the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (Parts 1-3).
March 2013: Counselor Calls for Major Change in Book Talking Back to Dr. Phil (parts 1-4).
March 2013: Sensualized Transcendence: Editorial and Poem "Realms of Emerging Light" on the Art of Jaanika Talts (parts 1-2).
April 2013: Justice remains elusive in case of newly-freed Louis C. Taylor (parts 1-2).
April 2013: 3 Poems for Poem in Your Pocket Day: Numbers 1-3, featuring poems: “Once Upon A Time Eternity Lifted A Pen,” “For the Love of the Poet,” and “Jazz Harlem Renaissance Baby Doll.”
May 2013: World-class Musicians Honor Turkey’s Long Relationship with Jazz.
June 2013: African-American music links cultural legacies across the globe (Parts 1-3).
June 2013: Staging a Pre-emptive Strike on the Mind of Terror.
July 4, 2013: Notes on Race and Racism in Savannah Georgia (parts 1-3).
July 2013: Zimmerman verdict counters notion of post-racial America.
July 2013: 7 Ways to help replace Legislated Fear with Informed Compassion (parts 1- 3).
September 2013: Text and Meaning in Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (parts 1- 3).
November 2013: Text and Meaning in Albert Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus (parts 1-4).
2014
January 2014: Text and Meaning in TJ Reddy’s Poems in One-Part Harmony (parts 1-4).
February 2014: “Angel of Valentine Days and Nights” Editorial with Poem.
March 2014: Poets of the Past and Present in 2014 Spotlight (parts 1-2).
April 3, 2014: The Miracle that Was Gullah Artist Allen Fireall Poem and Remembrance with poem Gullah-Gospel Griot Allen Fireall (1/23/1954-3/31/2014).
April 24, 2014: Gifts of the Poets: Eugene B. Redmond and Coleman Barks (parts 1-2).
May 2014: Mothers, Daughters and Slavery Make Disturbing 2014 Holiday News.
July 2014: Text and Meaning in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (parts 1-3).
July 2014: Text and Meaning in the life of Nelson Mandela (parts 1-3).
July 2014: The Year of James Baldwin Now in Full Classic Literary Swing (parts 1-3).
July 2014: The Saving Grace of an Old School Strategy and Impulse (1-2).
Aug 2014: Notebook on Michael Brown, Kajieme Powell, and W.E.B. Du Bois (parts 1-2).
August 2014: Military Violence Escalates Worldwide as Diverse Voices Call for Compassion.
September 2014: Text and Meaning in Elemental, the Power of Illuminated Love (parts 1-3).
October 2014: Modiano Edges out Thiong’o and Murakami to Win 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.
November 2014: Citizens of Newark Honor City, and, Historian Clement Alexander Price (parts 1-2).
December 2014: Tis the Season for the Magic of Poetry featuring poems “The Poet-Angels Who Came to Dinner” and “A Friend Like a Drunk Poem on New Year’s Eve” (parts 1-3).
2015
June 2015: Timelines: Text and meaning in Claude McKay's "If We Must Die" (parts 1 - 4).
July 2015: 5 Ways to be geniuses together: Celebrating Ja Jahannes (parts 1-3).
July 2015: Some notes on the colors of these changing times: Editorial with poem “Tao of the Rainbow No. 12.”
August 2015: The abbreviated mind faces "The King of Music [Michael Jackson]" dilemma (part 1 of 2).
August 2015: The abbreviated mind faces 'The King of Music [Michael Jackson]' dilemma (part 2 of 2).
2016
April 2016: History and erasure: Chronicling legacies of black artists in Savannah (parts 1-3).
May 2016: Laureates and visionaries: Chronicling legacies of black artists in Savannah (2).
May 2016: The jazz factor: Chronicling legacies of black artists in Savannah (part 3 of 3).
June 2016: Artists Renew Efforts to Change Talmadge Bridge’s Racially Inflammatory Name
July 2016: PEN American Center Festival celebrates literary diplomacy (parts 1-2).
The exact month and year of publication for at least half a dozen of the author’s “Text and Meanings” series has not yet been determined and, for the present time, are not included in the articles listed above. The list will be updated as more information becomes available.
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