The Other Side of Womanhood

About the Book

Charnika Louise Hayes has written a soul stirring series of poetic monologues to cultivate one utterly amazing tale, The Other Side of Womanhood. This book secures Charnika Louise Hayes a place among the greatest writers of our time. While written as a play, The Other Side of Womanhood reads like poetry and feels like music. This book exposes the story behind the glory of being a black woman by poetically giving a voice to the pain and the struggles of the African American woman. The Other Side of Womanhood renders fictional accounts of actual situations in which women sometimes find themselves. Charnika Louise Hayes has a way of bearing her soul through her craft and connecting with all who are fortunate enough to partake in the experience. Though written in a black woman's voice, the universal themes transcend gender and race.

About the Author

Charnika Louise Hayes
Charnika Louise Hayes was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1978. Born into a family of educators, Charnika Louise learned to appreciate the power of words at an early age. Her early childhood was spent on a farm in Eastman, Georgia where she spent countless hours under the tutelage of her great aunts. With an emphasis on grammar, CharnikaÕs aunts insisted that she complete a strict curriculum of coursework each day year round. As a result, Hayes excelled as a student when she later moved to Northern Virginia.

English was always her favorite subject. She began writing poetry at age seven, and short stories at age eleven. At the urging of a Junior high school teacher, Charnika Louise began competing as a writer in local competitions. It was also in Junior high school where Hayes decided to take a drama class as an elective. She was a natural. She began acting as well as writing.

Upon graduating from high school she was a writer, an orator, a poet, and an actress. Hayes took all these attributes with her to Virginia Union University where she majored in English. There she excelled as a writer, director, and actress.

Now a wife and mother at age 28, Charnika is still writing, directing, and acting near her home in southern Maryland. She adds to her resume theatrical producer, and now, published author.

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