Myvoicedc.com- A Conversation with Sister Souljah
Paulette Smith
- Anyone who has been privileged to hear Sister Souljah speak knows her soft spoken voice encompasses a power personified by knowledge and wisdom beyond her years. She spoke with me recently about her latest novel Midnight: A Gangster Love Story. Her newest novel a prequel to her best seller The Coldest Winter Ever tells the story of the strong male character from The Coldest Winter, Midnight. Souljah uses her knowledge and research of the Black male’s journey to speak through the story’s main character. Souljah told me her ability to write from Midnight’s point of view stems as far back as her childhood.
She grew up with an older brother and met many males throughout her youth and adolescents. She says she was never sheltered from men and their thoughts, and during the process of being an activist she learned about men and conversed with them in an effort to understand their thoughts and challenges.
In the first few pages of Midnight: A Gangster Love Story, the novel’s main character Midnight remembers a warning his father gave him as a child about the storyteller’s motives and agenda. As a storyteller herself, I asked Sister Souljah about her own agenda and the message coming out of her book. I wanted to know the story that she wanted to tell. She informed me that she believes a powerful story is for everyone. She went on to say, storytelling is an ancient art and it brings and keeps the family unit together.Also, children learn what to be cautious about through storytelling.
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