Cebo Campbell

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Life and Times of A Remarkable Misfit

Cebo Campbell

In Custom Wordpress, Design

05 07 14

Life and Times of A Remarkable Misfit

Cebo Campbell

In Custom Wordpress, Design

A site for my brotha from anotha mother, AJ Leon and his outstanding book: Life and Times

—“There are times when we sail so far off course, when our dreams are so far from reach that they
appear but balmy glimmers violently strewn on a distant horizon which we will never pierce. When
complacency and compliance, when safety and security have so entranced us, that gradual reform is no
longer possible. In these moments we have but one option – revolt.”

I can still remember when I wrote that down.

In many ways, it feels like yesterday. In other ways, it feels like a million miles behind me. But it was only four years ago. Exactly six months after I decided to leave an unremarkably average existence as a successful finance executive in Manhattan, and decided to start changing the world instead.

Since that moment, I have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles to over 40 countries on this beautiful planet, I’ve spent the vast majority of my time launching projects that truly matter, I’ve remained successfully self employed, and I’ve worked in 9 African countries launching humanitarian projects that have raised millions of dollars to help communities in South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Malawi.

– See more at:

http://aj-leon.com/pursuitofeverything/the-life-and-times-of-a-remarkable-misfits



Cebo Campbell

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Hallo Berlin

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Kitchen Table

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Norwegian Maple

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September

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About

I am an author and a Creative Director. My latest books are:

Sky Full of Elephants – coming 2024

Violet in Some Places – Available at Not A Cult

As a full-time creative (Chief Creative Officer at Spherical), I spend most days at the desk leading a team of creatives to brand some of the best hotels in the world. So, I write in the nooks and crannies of my available time. I wake up at 5:30am just to get in a few hours putting words on paper. I write on the train. I write on planes. I write waiting in lines. I feel I have to write. The reason is simple: representation.

Cebo Campbell Author of Violet in Some Places

I often tell the story of Ferris Bueller; a kid who decides to skip school and, on charm alone, steals a car, impersonates a cop, drinks underage, tampers with computers, and at every step exposes his best friends to peril, only to go home and fall asleep with his mother to kiss him into sweet dreams. I asked myself if Ferris were Trayvon Martin, how might that story end? I know the answer. So do you. And this is why representation is so important. I aim to contribute more stories into the world that diversely feature regular (but beautiful) lives made extraordinary. Art, I believe, is the only way to accomplish this. All my creative work is inspired by and aims to add to all the great work in the world.

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