Jafari Joseph

Silicon Valley’s Most Creative MBA

(Writer/Editor)

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#AlmaThomas - The Eclipse “Man’s highest aspirations come from nature. A world without color would seem dead. Color is life.” — Alma Thomas Did you know that Alma Woodsey Thomas was an African-American artist and teacher w
credit: #ZoraNealeHurston We Are One — Citation. Zora Neale Hurston Jonah’s Gourd Vine (orig. pub. 1934) @amistadbooks ISBN: 978-0-06-135019-1 (pbk) p. 173 . . . 🙏🏿 #ZoraNealeHurston #JonahsGourdVine #Maze #FrankieBeverly #WeAreOne
@stephentowns - The Righteous And The Wise And Their Works Are In The Hand Of God “What I see in my head, it’s always different then what is fully fleshed out, and a lot of times what comes out is much better than what I had in my head.&
credit: #ColsonWhitehead UMI Says — Citation. Colson Whitehead The Intuitionist Anchor Books (orig. pub. 1999) ISBN: 978-0-385-49300-0 (pbk) p. 3 . . . 🙏🏿 #ColsonWhitehead #TheIntuitionist #YasiinBey #MosDef #UMISays #BlackHistoryQuotes #
@calvinclauselljr - Black Jesus “The benefit to being an artist is that I am my own business, my brand. Wherever I go, my talents come with me.” — Calvin Clausell Jr. Did you know that Calvin Clausell Jr. began oil painting in 20
credit: #DeloresPhillips War — Citation. Delores Phillips The Darkest Child Soho Press, Inc. (orig. pub. 2004) ISBN: 978-1-61695-872-5 (pbk) p. 62 . . . 🙏🏿 #DeloresPhillips #TheDarkestChild #EdwinStarr #War #BlackHistoryQuotes #QuotesAndB
#JoyceOwens - Out of the Box Woman with Large White Tie “I decided not to do angry Black men and angry Black women. I painted what I saw.” — Joyce Owens Did you know that Joyce Owens “Out of the Box” Series was inspir
credit: #PercivalEverett Straighten Up And Fly Right — Citation. Percival Everett Suder (orig. pub. 1983) @lsupress ISBN: 978-0-8071-2387-4 (pbk) p. 5 . . . 🙏🏿 #PercivalEverett #Suder #NatKingCole #StraightenUpAndFlyRight #BlackHistoryQuo
 

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Remember The Orchards

(1948)

Bio

Born and raised in Silicon Valley (aka The Valley of Heart's Delight), Jafari Joseph grew up in San José, and completed a BS in Economics (2001) and a MBA from Santa Clara University (2006).

Jafari taught himself how to “write code that sings” while working over 20+ years in tech support.

But he would always Remember The Orchards.

Love for his hometown (San José) birthed a small book—a novella—The Valley of Heart's Delight (2023).

“A coming-of-age story of a Black creative and his search for belonging besides his comically capable and loving family hard at work in sunny Northern California.”

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Photography:

ceedot.studio

Mood Music (+ Loveolution Eyewear):

Dame Drummer

Social (+ Content) Strategy:

Cameron T. Moore (my real life cousin)
 

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