This awesome illustration of Tarisai and Ekundayo, both bearers of the Ray, is by mar (art edition™)and you can see it on their Twitter here! https://twitter.com/cryptidmar/status/1369486070820257798

These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai is brought unwillingly to Songland by a panicked Woo In, and has to face the children that she and her family have failed over the generations. She finds out exactly how the sacrifice is meant to work, and the way it's been manipulated...but what can she do?

The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as virtually attend classes! https://www.facebook.com/faradalaconde/

Mamadama Conde is a member of Nimbaya!, an all-women Guinean drumming group practicing a drumming tradition that had previously only been permitted to be performed by men. You can find them on Facebook here! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063538394338

Here is the link to the song on iTunes! https://music.apple.com/us/album/akadiole-feat-mamadama-conde/1610165743?i=1610165751