Episode 1 Script: The Picture that Knew Her.

Episode 1: The Picture that Knew Her.

By Grace Antiedu 

Ama was thirteen when her grandmother died.

After the funeral, Ama’s family traveled to the old house in Kpando to pack up the belongings. The air inside was heavy -thick with incense, old books, and a scent of earth and time.

Ama wandered into her grandmother’s bedroom and found the wooden trunk at the foot of the bed. She’d seen it many times but had never dared to open it.

Now, she did.

Inside: folded fabrics, a dried sprig of rosemary, letters tied with black string … and a photograph, curled with age.

It was a black-and-white portrait.

A group of women standing in a field, all smiling. Probably a village meeting or wedding.

Ama’s hand trembled as she brought the photo closer.

Because one of the women -third from the left -was her.

Same eyes. Same nose. Same tiny scar on the chin from falling off a bicycle last year.

But the photo was dated 1972.

Ama hadn’t even been born.

She ran to her mother.

“Who is this?” she asked, pointing.

Her mother paled.

“That’s your grandmother’s sister ….she died when she was thirteen. Her name was also Ama”.

End of episode 1.

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