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The Harmattan Letters

A three-part work of fiction about a woman who finds a box of her late grandmother's letters during harmattan season, and what she learns about the family she thought she knew.

3 chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    The Box Under the Bed

    Clearing out her grandmother's room, Abena finds a shoebox of letters tied with raffia string — and a name she has never heard before.

    Jul 30, 2026
  2. Chapter 2

    What the Wind Carried

    The letters trace a correspondence her grandmother never mentioned — and Abena starts to understand why the family stopped speaking his name.

    Jul 31, 2026
  3. Chapter 3

    Traveling Light

    Abena has to decide what to do with what she's found — and what she owes the two grandmothers she never got to properly ask.

    Aug 1, 2026