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The kindness of ancestors and angels restores a helpless infant to health in this gentle story, beautifully illustrated with vibrant colors and vivid depictions of traditional African garments and customs.
-- Midwest Book Review

In this powerful and inspiring 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 author Tololwa Mollel comes from. First, neighbors 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 honoring of ancestors who come, from the lands of the night.


About the Author:

Tololwa Mollel is a children's author, dramatist and storyteller. He grew up in Arusha Tanzania when oral tradition was still alive and well. Tololwa has written over sixteen books using traditional folklore as their basis. He has worked as an actor and university theatre instructor in Tanzania and Canada, and as a writer-in-residence for the Edmonton Public Library. His books include award-winning titles such as Orphan Boy and Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper!. His books have been translated into various South African languages and into Korean. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

Darrell McCalla is a graphic designer and artist who grew up in Jamaica, resulting in his use of a vibrant Caribbean-influenced palette of colors. A past graduate of the Leeds College of Art, McCalla works in acrylics and watercolors.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780889955813
  • Publisher: Red Deer Press
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 186 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0889955816
  • Publisher Date: 31 Jul 2020
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 191 mm


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