The Drum of Joy : The story of joy

Rihanna and friends

His real name is Jide. But because of his wild pranks, villagers call him Rihanna which is the name of a wild animal. Rihanna heads a gang of other troublesome friends with whom he plays about the village. But Rihanna is kidnapped along with his friends and other village children by some smart kidnappers with international connections and carried across the country's border for sale. Rihanna's tricks finally restore joy to the villagers whose children had been kidnapped.

A Lucky Chance

Chisa is a nine-year-old boy who lives with his poor parents in the village. All of them feel very excited when rich uncle Kulu offers to take him to the town to live there and attend school. But when Chisa reaches Ota, he finds life with his uncle's family is not at all as he and his parents expected. Chisa faces hardship and disappointment so bravely that everything must end happily for him. And so, at last, it does.