A new book, “African Americans in Hawai`i: A Search For Identity,” by Ayin Adams Ph.D. to be released February 20, 2010
For Immediate Release: Monday, February 1, 2010Contact: Pacific Raven Press, 808-276-6864 A new book, “African Americans In Hawai`i: A Search For Identity ,” compiled and edited by Ayin M. Adams, Ph.D. is being released by its publisher Pacific Raven Press on Saturday, February 20, 2010. The essays and interviews in the book document the difficulties and challenges as well as the contributions and successes of African Americans in Hawai‘i. “The reader of this book will be left with fresh new images of and respect for blacks in Hawai`i, after learning of their 19th century migrations, leadership roles, successes and contributions to the whaling industry, medicine, business, education, science, civil service, the arts, social work, the military, and politics,” says Adams. “The reader will also discover issues of identity and pain, resulting from the derogatory images of blacks in western art, literature, and the media that have permeated the local psyche and eroded a positive self image and respect for blacks.” Ayin Adams is a performance artist, inspirational teacher and spiritual healer and has been published in numerous magazines, e-zines, and on-line publications. Author of more than five volumes of poetry books, including the acclaimed, “The Woods Deep Inside Me,” Adams was chosen as ‘Teacher of the Year 2008’ by the International Peace Poem Awards Committee. She is the winner of the Pat Parker Poetry Award, the Audre Lorde Memorial Prose Prize Winner, Award Winner for Literary Excellence 2001, and the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award. .
The 220-page large format book has an introduction written by Kathryn Waddell Takara, Ph.D.. and foreword by Aaron L. Day and Indira Hale-Tucker. Pacific Raven Press features new, emerging writers, and established writers of literary fiction and poetry. Pacific Raven Press publishes books by Africans and African Americans and People of Color in Hawai`i. Books are available at Borders, Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and online at www.pacificravenpress.com . Media Contact:
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