Across Borders
What if the hardest border to cross isn’t between countries, but between who you were and who you’re becoming?
Across Borders is Olawunmi Akindele’s powerful debut—an intimate, unflinching portrait of migration, marriage, money, and the invisible bargains people make to survive in another man’s land.
We follow Sela, who leaves home with her husband Uche to build a new life abroad. What begins with promise slowly frays into isolation and control—until a shattering night rips her world open and forces a courageous reckoning.
- Core Themes: Migration, love, identity, resilience, and survival.
- Emotional Arc: From loss and silence to voice, healing, and self-determination.
- Why It Matters: A bridge between cultures, offering understanding to anyone navigating life abroad
This is not just a story of departure; it’s a return—to voice, to strength, to a future chosen. As Sela stands before a packed room years later, she learns that sometimes the woman who stayed is the woman who finally left.
A Tender, Unflinching Portrait
Across Borders captures the ache of leaving and the fierce work of rebuilding. It speaks to anyone who has ever crossed oceans—or crossed into a truer version of themselves—seeking love, belonging, and a life that finally fits.
- Voice & Intimacy: a story anchored in empathy and emotional truth.
- Resilience: from fracture to wholeness, from silence to agency.
- Connection: a narrative for folks navigating identity abroad.
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