Vanessa Okeyo

Anam, a professional mourner, takes on the task of guiding a wealthy family through a funeral ritual for its recently deceased patriarch but she soon discovers that the ritual may be just as much about her confronting her past encounter with death as it is about the family coming to terms with long-buried secrets.

Mino's refusal to be married through traditional rite plunges her village into an oppressive tyrannical rule by a rogue chief's son driving her deep into the forest, but her return changes the destiny of her people.

Mino's refusal to be married through traditional rite plunges her village into an oppressive tyrannical rule by a rogue chief's son driving her deep into the forest, but her return changes the destiny of her people. The death of the chief of the village institutes more trouble than expected.