From the lands of the night
(Book)

The young girl Ra-Eli watches silently as her family patiently cares for her ill baby brother. Samson. He is sick, very sick. It is time to approach the healer, who answers: Hold a ceremony to honor your ancestors and ask for 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 a magical sequence of events found in traditional stories of East Africa, where author Tololwa Mollel comes from. First, neighbors and friends appear at the ceremony-then angels and finally Mola-God. Music and dancing ensue, and when the exhausted Ra-Eli wakes, she discovers something that brings joy to her heart. 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.