sister soulja

Best selling author of the book the Coldest Winter Ever, Sister Soulja, was at Morgan State University bookstore on March 5. Arriving late to the book signing a cheerful Sister Soulja was invited to speak to Morgan students about her recent book, Midnight. This is the sequel to the book Coldest Winter Ever, which she mentioned durinig her speech. As she read Chapter one of Midnight, Sister Soulja left me and probably others with questions about the book and the connectivity it has to real life situations, though the book is fiction. She opened the floor to questions and gave us very detailed and insightful answers. One young lady asked why did Sister Soulja chose the picture of the character Midnight on the front cover. Her response was, "It is important to show African American images when it's not a disease....so poor don't even have no grass...images being bombarded on us." She also expressed that she designed everything in the book, such as the pictures, because that is what she wanted to see, previously telling the audience that she rejected many publishers. She mentioned that the greatest writer is one who has the greatest experiences and the greatest travelling experience, and that both of those things puts you in a better position to draw resources from. She spoke words of wisdom to the audience, especially to the women, saying that we are prime suspects for being exploited and manipulated. She left that saying, "We need to know who we are and what we believe in."