I am not surprised that something like this came from Spartacus R. He wrote with the kind of openness that he has and I read it with the kind of openness that I should. Like he was telling a story - two parallel stories - but he was saying something else at the same time. In all the time you never know what the next page is going to bring. That's what makes the book even more interesting. The end result was very, very educating, very, crucial to our race. Not just for our race, this is for everybody. Spartacus R. wrote with the adeptness of an African soothsayer. He did a very good job.

The only thing, perhaps, that was at first a little bit hard for me to get down to was the sexual words he used. Me being a continental African, that was a little bit stomach jostling, until I became used to it. Apart from that ... the place which disturbed me a little also, was the feeling of Aiysha, seeing the White man as god. That was the most disturbing part to me. But later, (and the book needs to be read to finish), I went back and I said: "No. It is not love, then. Aiysha doesn't love them. Aiysha couldn't love them."

How did Spartacus develop this story? It looks like it was a vision he had and he translated his vision into writing. I don't know if I'm correct.

Comparing Gertrude's character to my experiences, it is not surprising. So, most of the time I was laughing when Spartacus made some comment that I recognised. I've experienced it all the time. Spartacus explains certain things so well, the way he puts things in the book, it has more meaning than just saying. I put him in the class of Chancellor Williams who wrote "The Destruction of Black Civilisation" - or at least on the same path.

I read his other book "Violation", but I'm surprised. This is a total change. This is on a different level and the facts that he put in there, some I know already but it was like being born anew. I know he's a conscious guy but the way he put it in a book. He can explain things in a lot of ways, even for a little baby to understand, even for me to understand it.

My god he did a marvellous job. I think I appreciate the work. When I was a child we would listen to our parents tell stories like the Kweku Ananse stories. When you go to Africa the children don't listen to storytelling anymore. So it came back to me and I was shocked. He's done well. And I hope Haiti lives. In what condition is she now, I wonder?

There is a message for us, if people are going to read it and take it seriously. The book speaks with the voice of urgency. The work is involved, the work is a marvellous work. Spartacus R., congratulations. Any person who starts it and looks at it in that normal way will not finish it. But if you are able to move on and overcome all the disturbances; if you gather the courage to read the book, you've done a marvellous job.