Nadira Simone is a powerhouse. She is a poet, rapper, author, performer and founder of Seed 2 Tree Productions. This piece she did to tribute the survivors and victims of Hurricane Katrina says it all. Please check out her website and also her new book, “H.I.V. Here In Vain, A love story.”
The following is from the Seed 2 Tree website:
The tree represents the STRENGTH and POWER it provides once it’s fruits are reaped. But without TRUTH it is nothing, and the truth can be found in our roots, and we like the tree can not stand unless our roots are firmly intact but before any roots can be established a seed must first be planted and that seed is KNOWLEDGE, hence seed2TREE productions is embodied by four words : STRENGTH POWER TRUTH and KNOWLEDGE !
seed2TREE productions is committed to telling the stories that have yet to be told, shining a new light on those that have been in the shadows for far too long and retelling in a new and unique way those stories that are worthy of repetition if only out of the necessity that someone listen. By any means we must achieve the dream! And we are not just the American dream we are the Slaves answered prayer! We are their freedom! The oppressor’s nightmare! Yes we are here growing and knowing both the truth and the lies, fortified with the knowledge that we were always, always born 2 rise….
