Akiba Solomon

Akiba Solomon is the co-editor of the anthology Naked: Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Lips and Other Parts, a compelling collection of essays that captures what today’s young black women think about their bodies-from head to toe, Akiba Solomon is an award-winning advocacy journalist, columnist, and editor. A graduate of Howard University, the Brooklyn resident and former senior editor for The Source is the editor at Essence magazine. She’s been an editor at Vibe Vixen and her work has appeared in a wide range of publications including Essence, Vibe, XXL, POZ, and ColorLines.