An African-American tale of the creation of humankind follows Mahtmi, the Blessed One, as he creates a man in his image from the richest and darkest soil at the foothills of Kilimanjaro and uses the smoothest part of the pearl for his smile....
At first, the Heavens only gave the grasshoppers of Africa the gift of music until the grasshoppers asked for their tunes to be shared, thus soon the whole continent and its people were filled with song that was then carried on slave ships to the New...