Before I have to catch myself staring at this lovely picture of the Ethiopian Hip Hop model Angel Melaku (better known as "Angel Lola Luv"), I have to point out the "pure"(fellas, please don't let your mind wonder from reading what I have to say!) beauty and description given to define the work and power of women not only in Aminatta Fonra's novel Ancestor Stones, but the strength and beauty of women everywhere.
I can honestly admit (though it may seem hard to do) that women pretty much RULE the universe. It's even been said that behind every great man...stands a very great woman. In addition, who can say it better than James Brown when he sung It's A Man's World, going as..."This is a man's world, this is a man's world. But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl."
The women displayed throughout Forna's novel show a collage of grace, intelligence, strength, courage, power, diligence. Yet at they very same time within the limits at which a man "thought" he gave her, they were in the midst of nothing short of humility, obedience, and honor. They work tirelessly to do what they have to in order to uphold their household which even today can be found within many homes today (being as the statistics for fatherless households are at an alarming rate, which concerns me as a young man considering these are our fathers, uncles, and brothers who have created this world.) It's amazing to see that while being the head of things even a controlling as money, they were still in line with everything their husband instilled.
So far through out my reading, these women have had their share of truly captivating stories which exhibit their every attribute which describes their very beauty as women. I can only hope that their work does not go unnoticed, nor untraditionalized into the acts of women today.
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