A letter is coming.
Every two weeks, a story arrives at your door. A life you
weren't supposed to know about. A voice that was almost lost.
Motherland Letters — subscription letters written in the first-person voice of
real people history tried to erase.
What is Motherland Letters?
Twice a month, you receive a letter.
Not an email. A letter — beautifully printed, sealed, and mailed to your home.
Each letter is written in the first-person voice of a real historical figure
whose story history almost erased. You don't read about
them. You hear from them.
Letters arrive by mail or email every two weeks. Taking deepr into history.
You don't read about these people. They speak directly to you
24 letters. One full year. One complete life told with the depth it deserves.
SEASON 1
I Was Called by Another Name
Adeze
Igbo · NIgbo · Nigeria · circa 1760
Her name means daughter of a king. She was seventeen years old, living beside a lake in what is now Nigeria, when her world changed forever.
The village she came from
The market day when she first noticed the strangers watching
The crossing she survived
The name they gave her when she arrived
And the name she never stopped being
Her story begins this season. Yours begins the day your first letter arrives.
Simple as It Should Be
How It Works
Choose digital or physical letters. Takes less than two minutes.
Your first letter arrives within 7–10 days. Every two weeks after that, like clockwork.
Keep them. Read them aloud. Gift them. These letters are made to last.
CHOOSE YOUR PLAN Start Receiving Letters
DIGITAL
$9/mo
Delivered to your inbox, beautifully formatted.
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PHYSICAL + DIGITAL
$22/mo
Delivered to your inbox, beautifully formatted.
Gift subscriptions available. Full year physical: $220 (save $44).
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Questions? [email protected]
WHY THIS EXISTS
History You Were Supposed to Feel
Most of what we know about the enslaved people of the Americas is recorded by the people who enslaved them. Names in ledgers. Numbers in manifests. Objects, not subjects.
"Motherland Letters gives them back their voices."
We don't invent stories. We research deeply, draw from historical records and oral tradition, and render lives that were real — with the dignity, complexity, and humanity they always deserved.
This is not a history lesson. This is a relationship.