In this episode, Raafeke returns solo to bring his Parrotbeetie's audience back into the thick of the Igbo Collection. To start, he takes listeners back across the waters to Guyana to discuss the importance of mental health and the ongoing suicide epidemic within Guyana before touching on parallels beginning this crisis and the similar results that occurred among Igbo and other enslaved people within the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Raafeke then segways into the Igbo Collection with a shared recording and interview of the Big Drum Dance Song "Dayama Dayama/Ianman Ianman Igbo Lele" before breaking down its lyrics and meaning. This is concluded with the narration of his short story, "Kayak and Zoe", which was inspired by this piece of cultural music.

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Important Sources:

Igbo Lele Recording: https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/lesterre-862/iama-diama-igbo-le-le and https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=2nS924FZ-40&embeds_euri=https://www.notion.so/&feature=emb_logo&themeRefresh=1

Raafeke's Website: www.raafeke.com

Guyana's Mental Health Crisis: https://borgenproject.org/guyanas-mental-health-crisis/#:~:text=Guyana%20consistently%20ranks%20among%20the,an%20anomaly%20in%20the%20trend