Bøger udgivet af Red Deer College Press,Canada

In this story, the young girl Ra-Eli watches as her family agonizes over the illness of her baby brother Samson When they approach a healer, the answer comes: "Hold a ceremony to honor your ancestors and ask them to help, a joyful ceremony filled with guests " "Joyful?" my mother said "How can we be joyful at a time like this?" "A joyful ceremony it must be," replied the healer "Nothing less will bring the ancestors from their lands of the night Let's seek joy in hope " And there follows one of those magical sequences that are found in the traditional tales of East Africa, where Tololwa comes from First, neighbours and friends come to the event -- then angels and finally Mola -- God Music and dancing ensue, and when the exhausted Ra-Eli wakes, Mola hands the now recovered baby to his joyful mother This story is a true testament to the power of ceremony and music and the honouring of ancestors who come, from the lands of the night