Hotep Brotha Spartacus,

I just finished reading the entire 14 chapters and i must say that I enjoyed the book.  Ayeisha's role kind of confused me (that is why I am reading it again) was she an executioner or just sick in the head? Where did Shango come from? And where did Shango (called Michael by Gertrude) first meet Gertrude?  Because in their "meeting" she addressed him as Micheal and it seemed that he knew her. As I said, I am reading it again. Also what happened to Haiti and Fundisi? Lastly in the book Fundisi caused a helicopter to crash [[[[ TEXT CUT ]]]] and I do not recall any more mention of Haiti. What happened to the Ankh?

You hit onto a lot of points in your book that can be traced to fact.  I liked that. I hate the word cunt, but seeing how Ayeisha only dealt with white men, I think I can understand why you used it.  As a point I would have liked the word pussy instead when she is talking to Shango, it's more what an African-"American" would say to another African.

Oh yeah, do a spell check, I think I ran across a couple of misspelled words (you know how ticky we can get when critiquing our own folks) The conclusion of your book is exactly what I believe.  I have had those thoughts for quite some time but I have no real hard stuff to back up my feelings.  I have always believe that Dark people have "always" been on this earth and the creation of a "God" was to give reason where there really did not need to be any.  I think I have concluded that the reasoning and wonderment of our existance became questionable after the appearance (creation?) of the other races because they did not know from whence "they" came (and they surely did not believe they came from us) and as they spread and conquered, the idea of a "God" came into fruitation.  Dark people knew that they were the world and the world was them, they were the bee and elephant, they were all and all were they.  I know this might sound crazy, well..... maybe not to you.

All in all, I truly enjoyed the story line.  I loved it when Shango and Ayeisha kicked ass.  Ayeisha [[[[ TEXT CUT ]]]] was pure justice, pure justice.  And the village is my dream village.  That part about the flies, was masterful. Wish I had some now, I know who I would sic em on :-)  Thanks for letting me be one of the first to read your book.

A luta Continua

Peace
 

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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 17:50:35 +0000