Table for Four – Episode 9 (Shadows on the Highway)
Inside the stranded car, the darkness feels heavy and suffocating. All Tola can hear is the woosh of the cars driving by. She is clutching her handbag against her chest like a shield. Right now, it is her only comfort as her phone battery hovers dangerously at twelve percent. Outside, her driver is still frantically […]
Table For Four – Episode 8 (Victories And Scares)
By Thursday evening, the high of Zahrah’s victory in the boardroom is settling into the reality of the work ahead. It turns out that transitioning from a regular copywriter to the person running a fully automated workflow pipeline and a team is less about wearing power outfits and more about tracking and scheduling at 7:00 […]
Table For Four – Episode 7 (Caught in the Web)
By 8:15 AM on Tuesday, Zahrah is on her second cup of coffee, staring at the administrative log on her screen like a hawk hunting chicks. She was very grateful now for all the tech courses Daddy kept buying her on Udemy when she was still job hunting, and he was trying to make a […]
Table For Four – Episode 6 (The Eye of the Storm)
“But wait, we can’t just bully her into submission with the SLA,” Eunice points out, leaning forward as the clock on the screen ticks past 8:02 PM. “If she’s genuinely overwhelmed by the sheer volume of Chinwe’s order plus the international client, a legal threat might just make her throw her hands up and return […]
Table For Four – Episode 5 (Victories Are For The Bold)
Do not pitch your problems, pitch solid ideas. Zahrah chants this in her heart like a mantra as the office elevator dings on Monday morning. The soft whir of the central air conditioning hits her the moment she steps onto the third floor, but her hands are already warm, slightly clammy against the smooth screen […]
Table For Four – Episode 4 (Cotton and Contracts)
This whole setup looks like serious hard work! Chinwe dey hustle ooo, Zahrah thinks as she runs her hand over a rack of stunning, hand-dyed Adire silk dresses. She watches Chinwe pace the length of the studio, her heels clicking rhythmically against the polished concrete floor. It is Saturday afternoon, and the girls have converged […]
Table For Four – Episode 3 (Starters Can Be Choosers)
Is it too early to ask for a raise? Zahrah stares at her laptop screen. It is Wednesday afternoon, and she has just finished drafting an entire month’s worth of social media captions for her boss in under three hours. She knows she is good at what she does, and the 120,000 alert that will […]
Table for Four – Episode 2 (To Sell or Not To Sell)
God when? This is Zahrah’s first thought as they all walk into Chinwe’s apartment. She truly respects and admires her friend for all the effort she puts into her business, and she is thankful on her behalf that her hard work keeps yielding good results. She just wishes she knows what to do to grow […]
Table for Four – Episode 1 (Mocktails and Money)
Zahrah counts down the minutes until 5:00 PM. TGIF. Today has been a particularly stressful day; the workload was heavier than usual because of an ongoing campaign, then her boss called her into his office for a thirty-minute talk on what working in a rising women’s fashion brand actually means, and what they expect from […]
They Called Him ‘Abnormal’: A Mother’s Reality with Autism in Nigeria
“No play with that pikin again, you no see say him no normal?” Funmi heard it so many times she could almost recite it in her sleep. The whispers. The stares. The anger whenever David had a meltdown in public. Sometimes, when David covered his ears and screamed at sounds no one else seemed to […]
