2005, The Year That Signaled Change

2005, The Year That Signaled Change

2005, The Year That Signaled Change

The year 2005 witnessed an answer in the arena of women's rights against domestic violence and other social issues. Wanda Mckiver, the author, playwright and producer for few yet fuming creations of writings and drama, took the lead. Wanda talks of usual stuff in her books and poetry, same on stage as well. But how this usual stuff becomes a revolution is worth witnessing. Wanda is one of those kinds of people who are born with a purpose, a messenger sent from above.

Wanda does not mince words, she is the voice behind the cadre of women who have suffered and are still covering up the bruises with scarves and smiles. Like most successful story tellers, Wanda also dresses up facts with fiction; the result being her characters come out as simple as life yet seem as complex as living. Her characters are inspired from real life people she met or she knows perhaps, and most readers thus find themselves facing similar situations. The advantage of reading her books is that she gives words to emotions and facts, that have since long been buried deep.

The Black Rose Diaries' is her first attempt to mark the beginning of a new phase of a silent revolution in the midst of successful democracies'. The book deals with not only the lives of three African American women but also the consequences that they face as a result of issues such as domestic violence and AIDS. The words of Wanda ring true to every ear, every truth she unfolds is the truth of most women living with a turbulent storm within their hearts, which unfortunately the loud world fails to hear.

Domestic Violence is a daily meal for most women and they face some or the other form of violence at homes they themselves build. The sad part however is that it happens behind closed doors, and no one dares to unlock them. It takes a courageous soul like that of Wanda Mckiver to peep through the glass window and break open the gates to the world who has turned a deaf ear to such issues since women evolved on earth.

The cradle of colored girls get all the worse when they get trapped in a distressful disease like AIDS. AIDS is more than a disease; it has been labeled as a social scar. The advantages are however reaped by the powerful people, powerful by sex and status. The book ends with the three leading ladies committing a suicide as a result of the hardships they bear and also the strain they fail to take. However the message is loud and clear that Wanda Mckiver is actually challenging the situations that lead to suicides, the myth that African American women are weak.

Wanda uses prolific words and explores situations that touch the heart of the readers, thus engrossing them into the book as much that they smile when the characters smile and wet eyes when they suffer. This is the magic of a woman author, who like most women is also a wife, a mother, a business owner and a caretaker. The Black Rose Diaries' is thus a spell bounding experience for the readers that leaves them craving for more.

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