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 […]
THE TALE OF SIX CITIES Season 1, Episode 6 (SOKOTO SILENCE)
SOKOTO SILENCE (Dust That Never Settles) Sokoto has a quietness that Lagos would misunderstand. Not empty, quiet. The kind of quiet that carries history, prayer, and watching eyes. The wind moves slowly here, as if even air respects elders. Amina arrives without announcements. No Instagram. No loud reunion. She tells only Sola and Imran. Her […]
THE TALE OF SIX CITIES Season 1, Episode 5 (PORT HARCOURT CURRENTS)
Port Harcourt isn’t Lagos. It carries a different kind of heat. Not the festival heat of Lagos. Not the dusty pressure of Abuja. PH heat feels industrial; oil, engines, metal, money. The air smells like fuel and saltwater, and the city moves like it knows someone is always watching. Tari Briggs watches a container truck […]
