Davida Siwisa JamesDavida Siwisa James was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child, she lived alternately in her hometown and in the Morningside Heights section of Harlem in Manhattan. As an adult, she lived in Sugar Hill in West Harlem, St. Thomas, U.S. irgin Islands, and Los Angeles, California. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Los Angeles, and attended Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Her works include the memoir The South Africa of His Heart; Senior Services for the Financially Challenged; and Life in Brief: A Collection of Short Stories, Essays, and Poems. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, Robelto. Her son, David Hudson Obayuwana, is a screenwriter. Read More Read Less