Interview with Nesha Haniff
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Nesha Haniff speaks about her book "Blaze a Fire" and how it weaves together class, gender, race, and multiple other themes to portray the stories of 28 Caribbean women. Nesha briefly touches upon the process of creating "Blaze of Fire", primarily in regards to her connection with her publisher, Sister Vision Press. She talks about her ambition for "Blaze of Fire" to serve as a high school teaching tool that allowed students to reconsider their view of women. Nesha remarks that "Blaze of Fire", which was published in the late 1980s, was ahead of its time in terms of the integration of gender studies into the classroom.