Johari Amini

Johari Amini
Born	Jewel C. Latimore 1935 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	December 12, 2023
Resting place	Oak Woods Cemetery
Nationality	American
Known for	Writing, Activism

Johari Amini (1935-2023) was an African American poet, author, and chiropractor.

Amini was born Jewel Latimore in Philadelphia in 1935. She cofounded the Third World Press in 1967 and was a staff member of the Institute of Positive Education. She also contributed to other Black Arts Movement institutions such as the Writers Workshop of the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC), its publication NOMMO, the Kuumba Theater, and the Gwendolyn Brooks Writers' Workshop. She co-founded and edited Black Books Bulletin. She has written many poems and short stories published in journals such as Black World. She was also a practicing chiropractor. She wrote a book titled A Commonsense Approach to Eating (1975) that merged her two career paths.

Selected works

• Images in Black (1967)
• Black Essence (1968)
• Fable for My People (1971)
• Let's Go Somewhere (1970)
• A Hip Tale in Death Style (1970)
• A Commonsense Approach to Eating (1975).