Khalfani Ajamu.
New Haven author, publisher, broadcaster, and community leader — building a platform for inner-city wealth, ownership, and mentorship.
A life’s work across five ventures.
Khalfani A. Ajamu is a New Haven, Connecticut–based author, publisher, broadcaster, real-estate consultant, and nonprofit founder whose work is built around a single mission: moving inner-city residents from renters and bystanders to owners, investors, and mentors in their own neighborhoods.
Publisher
Khalfani is the founder and President of Paper Over Pauper Publishing, the independent publishing house behind his work and voice.
Author
He is the author of Real Estate Grind: The Inner City’s Goldmine, a field guide written directly to Black, Latino, white, and other inner-city residents about how to buy, hold, and build wealth on the blocks they already live on.
Broadcaster
Khalfani is the founder of KHAL TV, a streaming television channel dedicated to wealth-building, entrepreneurship, and community voices that major networks overlook.
Nonprofit founder
He is the founder of Helping Our Youth Achieve Inc., a New Haven youth nonprofit built around one mission: to inspire youth to pursue academic achievement and behavioral development by unlocking their latent potential through social-emotional learning.
Real estate consultant
Khalfani is the President of D.T.R Enterprise, a real-estate investment consultancy and small-business registration firm that helps everyday people structure their first deals and form their first companies.
Education
He was educated at Gateway Community Collegein New Haven, Connecticut — the same city his work serves.
Your attitude about this grind will determine your financial altitude.
Three careers.
One mission.
The book, the channel, and the nonprofit are different formats of the same argument: inner-city residents should own the blocks they live on.
The Book
Real Estate Grind: The Inner City’s Goldmine — published through Paper Over Pauper Publishing.
Read the book →The Channel
KHAL TV — a streaming channel built around real-estate, entrepreneurship, and inner-city voices.
Watch KHAL TV →The Nonprofit
Helping Our Youth Achieve Inc. — a New Haven youth nonprofit founded by Khalfani to unlock potential through social-emotional learning.
About the nonprofit →