NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 22, 2024--
In I’m Highly Percent Sure, Caroline A. Wanga, Co-Founder of WangaWoman LLC, and current President & CEO of Essence Ventures, authentically offers witty and transparent insight into the battle between her intuition and inner saboteur with “instigational” inspiration on finding and sharing purpose. (Amistad/in Collaboration with Lavette Books, ISBN: 9780063360389, On Sale: May 6, 2025)
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Like the creative intent and inspiration of her book’s aesthetic, she expects you to FEEL what her experiences reflect within you instead of THINK about what you will get from the book. Her humanness will provide depressurized permission to believe in a future for yourself that others may not be able to see.
Key themes in her journey include:
Heritage As Anchor:
Wanga’s strong foundation starts with her Kenyan origin story and meanders through the realities of becoming a mom before becoming a legal adult while people renegotiated her potential without her permission.
Inspiration As Instigation:
While many observe her life story as a beat-the-odds journey, Caroline invites your curiosity to her co-existence with intuition, which at times may have had the presence of foresight, but often times went without.
Purpose As Propellant:
Her proprietary “Architecture of Authenticity” and “5-Fails-A-Day” frameworks will offer a glimpse into teaching tools she developed to help others find their purpose.
Authenticity As Advantage:
As she did in the non-profit and retail sectors, at the helm of Essence Ventures Wanga continues to transform media by driving a global Black economic engine through a portfolio of powerful brands that define culture, pursue equity, and amplify celebration.
In the spirit of Caroline’s most popular saying, her writings will define what she means when she says, “Who You Are Is Who You Are. If You Cannot Be Who You Are, Where You Are, You Change Where You Are, Not Who You Are.” The freedom within her frameworks allows you to customize applications to your needs.
About the Author
Caroline A. Wanga is Co-Founder of WangaWoman LLC and currently President & CEO of Essence Ventures overseeing brands like ESSENCE, Afropunk, Essence Studios, and BeautyCon aimed at fostering a thriving global Black economic ecosystem. Prior to EV, she had a 15-year career at the Target Corporation, where she ascended from intern to Target’s Chief Diversity, Inclusion and Culture Officer. She co-founded WangaWoman LLC in 2020 whose mission is to “Democratize Authenticity.”
Book Details
Title: I’m Highly Percent Sure
Author: Caroline A. Wanga
Publisher: Amistad in collaboration with Lavette Books
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 192
Price: $24.99
ISBN: 9780063360389
Publication Date: May 6, 2025
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BOSTON (AP) — Victor Wembanyama scored 16 of his 21 points in the second half, including a game-sealing jumper with 19.2 seconds left, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Boston Celtics 100-95 on Saturday night.
De’Aaron Fox also finished with 21 points for the Spurs and Keldon Johnson added 18 points and 10 rebounds. San Antonio won its second straight after losing two in a row.
Derrick White led Boston with 29 points and Jaylen Brown had 27. The Celtics lost for just the third time in 12 games.
The game was tied at 84 before Baylor Scheierman’s corner 3-pointer pushed Boston ahead with just under seven minutes left. White followed with a driving basket before the Spurs went on a 9-2 spree, taking a 93-91 lead on Johnson’s 3-pointer with 2:14 left.
After Brown’s layup tied it, Wembanyama’s fadeaway jumper pushed San Antonio back in front with 1:33 to go.
Brown was then stripped of the ball near midcourt by Fox, and Julian Champagnie converted a putback of his own miss to make it 97-93 with 41 seconds left.
Wembanyama’s left-wing jumper made it 99-95.
Playing his third straight game after missing a pair with a sore knee, Wembanyama didn’t score his first points until hitting a 3 from the top midway into the second quarter.
But he got going in the second half, scoring nine consecutive points for San Antonio midway into the third quarter, bringing the Spurs back from a nine-point deficit to tie it on his three-point play.
CAVALIERS 146, TIMBERWOLVES 134
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers took control in the second half for a victory over Minnesota on that snapped the Timberwolves’ four-game winning streak.
Mitchell also had four 3-pointers as the Cavaliers had five players score at least 20 points. Evan Mobley had 24 points, Jaylon Tyson scored 23 off the bench and Darius Garland added 22.
Sam Merrill had 20 points and set a franchise record with at least five 3-pointers in four straight games.
The 146 points are the fourth most the Cavaliers have scored in a regulation game. They scored 148 in a 33-point victory over Washington on Nov. 7.
PACERS 123, HEAT 99
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Nembhard had 29 points and nine assists, Aaron Nesmith added 12 points and nine rebounds before an early exit and Indiana routed Miami.
Indiana matched its longest winning streak of the season with a rare second straight victory, this time taking the easy route. The Pacers never trailed and held a double-digit lead for most of the game. The Pacers made 17 3-pointers, one short of their season high, with Nembhard matching his season best with four.
Backup Micah Potter made four 3s and finished with 14 points. Jarace Walker had 13 points.
Tyler Herro had 21 points, seven rebounds and four assists on a night Miami shot just 39.1% from the field. Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 16 points, and Bam Adebayo had 13 points and nine rebounds. Miami has lost three of its last four and missed its first 11 3s on Saturday.
The game tipped less than 24 hours after another Miami-Indiana contest was set up in college football’s national championship game. And just like Friday night’s Hoosiers victory over Oregon, the Pacers wasted no time setting the tone — or running out to a big lead.
They used first-quarter runs of 12-2 and 9-0 to build an early 28-12 cushion. Miami trailed 36-18 entering the second quarter.
CLIPPERS 98, PISTONS 92
DETROIT (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 26 points and John Collins added 25 as Los Angeles rallied to beat short-handed Detroit.
The Clippers trailed by 19 points in the first half and 14 in the fourth quarter before finishing the game on a 28-8 run. Detroit turned the ball over 12 times in the quarter.
James Harden added 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Los Angeles, which has won nine of 11.
The Pistons played without Cade Cunningham (wrist), Isaiah Stewart (illness), Tobias Harris (hip) and Jalen Duren (ankle). That left Detroit without its top three scorers, three of their top four rebounders and their top three shot blockers. Cunningham also has 321 assists — the only player who entered Saturday’s action with more than 100.
Duncan Robinson scored 20 points, but took just one shot in the second half. Ron Holland II scored 16 and Tolu Smith added nine points and a career-high 14 rebounds.
BULLS 125, MAVERICKS 107
CHICAGO (AP) — Coby White scored 22 points, Ayo Dosunmu had 20 and Chicago beat Dallas to snap a three-game losing streak.
The Bulls put seven players in double figures, outscored the Mavericks 38-8 in fast-break points and never trailed. Nikola Vucevic and Matas Buzelis each added 15 points as Chicago shot 51.5% from the field.
The Mavericks began the game without the injured Anthony Davis and lost coach Jason Kidd midway through the first quarter of it after he was ejected for arguing with referee Scott Foster.
Ryan Nembhard had 16 points and six assists for the Mavericks. Rookie star Cooper Flagg finished with just 11 points and one rebound, shooting 4 for 13.
Dallas lost its second straight after winning two in a row. Davis sustained ligament damage in his left hand in the Mavericks’ loss to Utah on Thursday.
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) grabs a defensive rebound against San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
