The Square of Lost Sons: A Modern Griot Tales

• In a world that traded wisdom for wireless, and firelight for false light, the griot returns…
• The Square of Lost Sons is a soul-stirring collection of modern folktales that echo with the wisdom of ancient drums and the defiance of forgotten tongues. From wind-shamed princes and dancing daughters who could not stop, to eagles who dreamed beyond the clouds and spiders repaying old debts, Linda Somiari-Stewart revives the griot’s sacred calling: to remember, to rebuke, to restore.
• Each tale is a fire lit against forgetfulness, a song for the children of the diaspora and dreamers who long for rootedness. Here, ancestral spirits speak not from graves but from the spaces we once abandoned— courtyards, firesides, names, and truths.
• If you have ever longed to sit at the feet of elders or wondered what the wind forgot to tell you, this book will bring you home.