The Chronicles of Abroadians

A wire transfer at 4 a.m. A prophecy that costs more every month. A brother who has never once been asked to carry the weight himself.

THE CHRONICLES OF ABROADIANS is a collection of thirty-five short stories about the financial, spiritual, and emotional pressure that diaspora communities carry — from the people who ask and the people who give, to the boundaries that hold and the ones that break, to the ones left behind by legal status, distance, and silence.

Inside this collection, you’ll meet:

• Michael, whose one celebratory Facebook post draws seventy comments in fifteen minutes — most of them asking for money
• Ketia, the sister who became her family’s unpaid relay for every request to the brother who left
• Youssef, whose marriage of equals is condemned by his uncle and unexpectedly defended by his father
• Marisol, a DACA recipient who cannot cross a border to attend her own father’s funeral
• Ana, whose curated photos hide years of quiet discrimination her family never sees
• Yolanda, the sister who stayed — and discovers her family has no word for what that cost her

Set across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas — from Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya to Morocco and Rwanda, from Haiti and Canada to France, the Philippines, and Dubai — and told with unflinching honesty and hard-won compassion, this collection doesn’t moralize and doesn’t take sides. Each story ends with discussion questions, making it a natural fit for church small groups, diaspora association book clubs, and anyone navigating what it means to give well without losing yourself.

Perfect for readers of immigrant and diaspora literary fiction, faith-based short story collections, and anyone who has ever answered a phone call from home and felt their stomach drop.

Raphael Adegboye is an author, a minister of the Word of God, and a finance and risk professional based in Ontario, Canada. He has lived and worked across Europe, the Middle East, and North America — the same years that put him in the middle of exactly the conversations this book is built from.