As expatriates, newly arrived in a strange land, our family experienced hardships, life threatening violence, shortages of life's basic commodities - water, power and food to name but a few. The characters and cultures of Nigeria, Ghana and East Africa, together with the friendships forged, the colourful events endured, the coping through laughter and tears, shared during our sixteen year residency and the subsequent influence upon each of our lives, are all revealed in Letters From Lagos.