Elsina's Clouds Author:Jeanette Winter A Basotho girl's prayer to the ancestors — "When can I paint a wall, Mama?" — "When the rains come and wash away my designs, Elsina. Then you can paint the walls," she says. — For hundreds of years Basotho women in southern Africa have decorated the walls of their houses as prayers for rain. — Bold, colorful art based on traditi... more »onal African motifs and lyrical prose tell the story of a young girl who paints her first house and waits for the ancestors to hear her.« less