Henry Cameron Hand, better known by his nickname, Hadjii, is one busy guy.

A 1998 graduate of the University, he was given his nickname, which means “Messenger from God,” by his father.

Hand recently released his book, “Don’t Let My Mama Read This: A Southern Fried Memoir,” which he is touring across the country to promote.

“The book is based on my own childhood experiences growing up in Brunswick,” said Hand in a phone interview.

“I wouldn’t let my mom read it either, but I’d recommend it to anyone else,” said Reginald Hudlin, BET’s president of entertainment, in a review of the book. He also called Hand “one of the original voices of his generation.”

Hand is in pre-production for his television series “Somebodies,” scheduled to premiere on BET as its first original sitcom. The series is based on his debut film of the same title which premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and was featured at Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival in 2007.

“Somebodies’ is about Scotty, a college student, who spent too much of his time partying while his friends made something of themselves . And so now, Scotty is now trying to become somebody,” Hand said.

“[The film] is about ordinary young people who are very, very funny because they don’t seem to know they’re in a movie, and aren’t performing for any imagined audience, black or white,” said film critic Roger Ebert on the Web site ebertfest.com.

Hand said it was a lifelong dream of his to receive positive reviews for his film, but was especially honored for the praise from someone as “incredible” as Ebert.

Writer, director and executive producer, Hand also will star in “Somebodies.” Unlike his memoir, Hand said this series is not based on his own life.

“No, I was a good student,” he said, laughing.

However, the series will be shot in Athens over the summer.

“We really want to capture Athens and make it a character of the show,” he said.

Hand majored in telecommunication arts at the University. He said he has received much support from the department but in particular from professors Nate Kohn and Peabody Award Director Horace Newcomb. Hand has taught writing for electronic media classes as an adjunct professor at the University.

Even with the release of a new book and the production of a new series, Hand still has more projects in mind.

“Right now, I have two scripts that I would like to put into production and have a sketch comedy show in Atlanta lined up for September.”