This book is a classic legend of a young hero’s magical journey through a fantasy world where he faces incredible challenges that can only stem from the soul of the author’s genuine African culture and vivid imagination. After being accused of a crime, Nihu, a tribal African boy, faces banishment to the Lonely Forest. To regain his freedom, he must defeat the undefeatable. And confront challenges that draw analogies to our realities. This epic high fantasy book carries the reader to another time and place. Nihu gets sucked into a world inside of a stone. He visits a powerful ruler underwater and befriends a group of refugees. Based on mythical and historic African traditions, The Refugees will allow an audience of all ages to escape their realities. And draw them into a world of high hopes, powers, and unimaginable desires.