Greetings Sister K, Hotep,

Much, much thanks for your quick and oh so positive response to the Maat Mystery.

You wrote:

> Hotep Brotha'!!
>
> I don't know where to start 'cuz that book is DEEP!! First of all let me > ask you if there is anyway I can meet Brother SHANGO!! I fell in love with > that man...:o) >

Sister K, if you look behind the facade of some of the men you already know who believe that they have to act like "real Black men", you'll find Shango.

> Let's deal with the characters in the book.
>
> SHANGO: I feel in love with him the moment he told Aiysha, that he wanted > to grow with her, make plans with her, feel pain and pleasure with her, > experience struggle, defeat, disappointment and success with her...  I > appreciate his character being Sexual as well as Spiritual. He was so > patient with Aiysha even when I felt that she didn't deserve him > sometimes. A few times Shango used some curse words that blew me away > becuase I found myself putting him on a pedastal but then I thought about > it, sometimes we say different things out of frustrations in different > situations. Your story was so real to me. I wish you could produce movies > as well as write. >

At present a film director is trying to talk me into writing a film script of the story but I am not yet ready for that. I am actually thinking of taking time off to write volume two of the Maat Mystery soon.

> Aiysha. This Sista' was something else. But I could relate to some of her > issues. Sista' gurl has been traumatized and it all went back to that > first doctors visit she had. I shed a tear for her because there are so > many "Aiysha's" today. What happened to Aiysha set the tone for how she > would relate to men later on in life. Sometimes I would get a little > agitated by her nasty mouth, but if she had said anything else, there > would have been a character-personality conflict.
>
> Question: Why did she have those fainting problems again and when exactly > did they stop?

In chapter 5 (The Mountain, the River and the Ocean) Shango explains to Aiysha why he thinks she is fainting (sex with God, worthless, coitus interruptus). When EXACTLY she stopped fainting is not relevant until book two...

> Also, what did Shango mean when he told Aiysha that he > wanted her to have  Omosupe?? He wasn't talking about no lesbo stuff was > he? >

Sometimes when we have so much information coming at us it is difficult to process everything accurately. I try to read anything important at least twice.

> GERTRUDE - she was one sick woman but I even understood why she became so > twisted...having sex with her mother and father? Now that is some sick > sh*t! But ya' know what?? That stuff happens for real!
>
> Sista Haiti, I would love to met her and visit the village. Does there > exist anything like it in Africa? I know you probably think I am taking the > story too far, but it had such a realistic touch to it. [[[[ TEXT CUT ]]]]

Haiti exists. She lives. I have no doubt that such places as Ahumka Krom exist in Africa but for their continued existence they have to be known only to themselves.

>  I am definitly > intrested in reading more of your work. >

This is my first work in novel form. If you check http://www.globalafrica.com/SpartR.htm you will find information on some of my past work.

> As far as the Legacy of Maat. I have to re-read that again becuase I was > not crazy about their being no belief in a supreme being.

My Sister, does belief or lack of belief in a supreme being determine its existence? If you don't appreciate the question we can talk some more.

> Over all I want > to say that your book was one of the best books I have ever read in my > life. It touched so many emotions inside of me. You were right when you > said we would cry and die with the character and even feel some good > thangz too...:o) > > That's my piece on it for now.
>
> K

You have made me very, very (:o)  (:-)  (;~)

May the Ancestors guide and protect you on our way and may they smile warmly on you this new year.
Love and Life

SR.

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 04:24:57 +0000