African American firsts: 13-year-old boy make history, Again!
The world of African American firsts is incredibly vast, and if it were not for the disparaging gap of societal contributions from African Americans versus many of other ethnicities, there would be no need for the distinction in marveling at the enormous contributions African Americans have made in our society. The likes of Maya Angelou in literature and poetry, or Oscar Michaux in filmmaking, Thurgood Marshal as the 1st African American supreme court justice, and Dr. Charles Drew with his work in the field of medicine and the creation of the blood bank. Even in the 21st century, we are still making African American firsts; Barack Obama as the first African American president of the United States. Oprah Winfrey with the first television studio owned by an African American Woman. Serena Williams is the greatest tennis champion of all time. Black Panther; the world’s best-selling superhero movie with a predominately black cast and another set of firsts in director and writer Ryan Coogler, all while being black. African Americans continue to showcase not only their ability to be incredibly resilient in the face of incredible odds, but also our amazing gifts and talents in every aspect of life; education, finance, science, technology, arts, literature, entertainment, medicine, government, and the list continues.
According to reports from 13 different news and research sources, Xavier Waye the author of the fictional, historical based action series The Adventures of Firesky takes on the possibility of the life of King Tutankhamen with a legitimate heir to his throne. The adventure takes place during the 18th dynasty in Ancient Egypt where King Tutankhamen became the youngest king of Egypt at the ripe age of 9. Xavier Waye developed the story for a creative writing project in the fourth grade at the age of 9. Now at the age of 13 has brought his incredible story to life with the first book in the series; Raven of the Nile. Xavier Waye, the CEO of his own publishing company, Savior Publishing is also making African American first.
Xavier Waye is the youngest African American published author (male) of a fiction-based book series in the United States. Xavier is also the youngest and the first African American CEO under the age of 18 of a publishing company in the United States. He is on track to be the first African American fictional author under the age of 18 ever to achieve best-selling literature status in the world and the only Self-published fictional author under the age of 18 to achieve best-selling literature status while being black. Oh, by the way, Xavier is also Autistic. Surely, there are records he is creating in the world of Autism, but the best record he could set is that Xavier Waye not only celebrates his autism he is supporting awareness of the Autism Spectrum disorder, which he refers to as his superpower, with every book sale.
Update on story 11/16/18: As of 11/16/18 Xavier has now published two books at the tender age of 13. the second book in the series is “Firesky to the Rescue.