The Third Code

In Shanto's mind, our universe is not all about Physical and Mathematical laws. Shanto studied about the DNA code, but it is only the second code. Hidden in those ancient African musical instruments and their accompanying dances is the DNA code itself. What explains it? Growing up, Shanto enjoyed the midnight African folk stories, but hidden within those stories is yet another code, the first code. Born and raised Catholic, Shanto went to Church and listened to the teachings about Jesus Christ, but hidden within those messages is the explanation to it all. The things that give meaning to both the first and second codes constitute, yet, another code, The Third code. Shanto escapes the rampant institutional corruption in Africa for scholarly pursuits in America. But the things of The Third Code follow you everywhere. Shanto's American Dream seems in plain sight, but to be wide awake to Africa's problems is to tell the truth about Africa, the whole truth: Boko Haram, al-Shabab, and al- Qaeda are in Africa to stay if Africa continues on its current path. Africa's elite aren't even seeking solutions any time soon. Africa's elite may actually be the problem. Some already blame the things of The Third Code. But the things of The Third Code may actually be the solution to Africa's problems. Does the world care? Should the world care? The double-stranded nature of human speech, the undulating nature of the human voice and sound from musical instruments, and the spiral nature of human dance, give the things of The Third Code a striking resemblance to DNA and the spiral galaxies. The world must care because the answers are in the stars in the sky, in the genes in our cells, and the arts. A musical Journey!