Menah Adeola Eyaside Pratt is a nationally recognized and diversity-award winning author of four books on race, gender, and diversity, and the founder of the Faculty Women of Color in the Academy National Conference. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in Normal, Illinois, she received a BA and MA from the University of Iowa and an MA, PhD, and JD from Vanderbilt University. She currently serves as Vice President for Strategic Affairs and Diversity and a professor of education at Virginia Tech. Pratt lives and works in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Blackwildgirl begins her life as a queen superpower. When she is still a child, however, her parents strike a bargain that leads to her dethronement—and sets her on a forty-five-year journey to become the warrior she was born to be: Blackwildgoddess.

Join an interactive adventure exploring the private life and journals of a young Black girl, beginning at the age of eight, as she struggles and evolves from a tennis player, musician, and college student to become a wife, mother, lawyer, scholar, and writer. Documenting revelations and reflections during her twelve-stage initiation journey in America and the African diaspora, this intimate, introspective autobiography—composed of acts, stages, scenes, and letters to Love—reveals how writing can unearth and give life to women’s powerful, sassy, and willful spirits.

Authentic, vulnerable, and spirit-filled, this captivating and enthralling road map is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the experiences of girls as they seek to become wild women—women who are fierce and fearless; women who are warriors for themselves and others; and women who are committed to excavating and cultivating their spiritual gardens to manifest and fulfill their destiny in the world.

Journal along, responding to prompts and questions as part of an interactive adventure exploring the private life and journals of Blackwildgirl, a young Black girl, beginning at the age of eight, as she struggles and evolves from a tennis player, musician, and college student to become a wife, mother, lawyer, scholar, writer, and eventually, Blackwildgoddess. Use the journal to reflect on your own life to document revelations and reflections during each of the twelve stages of Blackwildgirl’s initiation journey in America and the African diaspora. Explore how writing can unearth and give life to powerful, sassy, and willful spirits.