When Memory Dies

TASIMU is a youth learning of his spiritual gifts and his place in the world. When his people were forced by soldiers to leave their northern home, Tasimu and his family learned hardship as refugees. Now they are struggling in a dry southern land among unfamiliar cultures. Trying to be what his family needs, Tasimu works to connect with natural powers of the world.

When Memory Dies deals with issues of defining family roles and cultural disintegration as these tribal people are forced to be...