Children of Blood and Bone. Picture by Sarafina Robi Miriam Makeba’s song “Hapo Zamani” is in the air in my little living room as I sit up to try and explain the magic I have lived for about two months now… …We read books for different reasons. At times it’s to experience the magic we imagine in different realms. To let our spirits wonder in different places so that we can lose ourselves only to be embraced and birthed in a glorious embrace. If you have never experienced magic run through your bones as your wildest imaginations come live, then this is the book to read, “Children of Blood and Bones by Tomi Adeyemi” It’s an epic! Intricate read about a girl called Zellie. A black girl with long flowing white locks and magic in her whole being who is on a quest to bring back magic to her people. The atrocities experienced are so chilling and disturbing at one point you stop to cry and take in the pain of the people. It’s also interwoven witty characters and some s...