Nina simone composed Ò€œmississippi goddamÒ€--her biting song about racial injustice--in september 1963, immediately after four young girls in birmingham, alabama, died in a church bombing. She is simply nina simone, a voice in the wilderness of modernity and industrialised society which cries out to be heard. Songwriters who write songs with a message, because they feel that survival is Ò€¦

African americans from cultural and representational stasis. Simone was as equally invested in social activism as she was.