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Dread & Alive: Nine Night

The Soul

The Akan believe we come into this world possessing a soul (Kra or Okra) and a spirit (Sunsum) when we are born. The soul is our life force from God (Nyame), the spirit, our personality. It is the spirit that connects the body (Honam) to the soul.

A spiritual bond exists between father and child. The father’s spirit (Ntoro) passes on to the child providing strength and protection from spiritual attack or danger. The child inherits blood (Mogya) from its mother, which establishes the bond between them. It also determines the lineage.

Upon death (Owuo), the physical body is buried, returning to Mother Earth (Asase Yaa) while the soul journeys to the ancestral world (Asamando) to join the departed ancestors (Nsamanfo).

The spirit, however, remains with the body for several days (Nine-Night). It is here that the spirit is most vulnerable. If the body is not properly honored and buried, the spirit can transform into something malevolent, a duppy (Adopi) or ghost (Saman) that returns to haunt the living. Once this happens, the duppy will wander the earth.

What does this all mean?

In life, behind the physical, there is the spiritual; and behind the seen, the unseen.

And death… well, death is just the beginning.

Dread & Alive: Nine Night – Chapter 1

IRIE™ | ZOOLOOK - Dread & Alive: Nine Night - Chapter 1

Release Date: April 20, 2021
Publisher: ZOOLOOK
Language: English, Patois
ISBN: 978-0-9830637-6-6
Copyright: © 2021 ZOOLOOK
Imprint: ComiXstand
Total Lpages: 80
Package Dimensions: 10.25 x 6.25 x 0.2 inches
Format: Comic Book (Maxi-Series)

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Chapter 1 of ZOOLOOK’s Dread & Alive: Nine Night maxi-series is now available! Nine Night is the next story arc in the Dread & Alive reggae comic book and music series.

Nine Night™ is the next story arc in the Dread & Alive reggae comic book and music series. It’s also the prequel to issue #1 of Dread & Alive. In Nine Night, Drew will discover the secrets to his powers and, most importantly, the plan that Jah has for him as the dreadlocked Soul Rebel! He’ll soon come to learn that in Nine Night, the veil between the living and the dead, man and spirit, is pulled aside.

The graphic novel includes an original soundtrack featuring music that inspired ZOOLOOK in writing the Nine Night series. Artist featured include: Anthony B (Jamaica), Zoe Mazah (Germany), The Wise Bloods (UK), Dub Inc (France), Dubalizer (Brasil), Tribo de Jah (Brasil), By The Rivers (UK), G-INA (Switzerland), Christos DC (USA) and ZOOLOOK (USA/Brasil) himself.

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