In the small Ghanian village of Brenhoma, Pokuwaa, though successful farmer, true happiness eludes her. To have reached the middle age without a child is considered a grave misfortune in her community. What did she do? Did she get her happiness back?

Ebinimi, star mechanic of Kalakala Street, is a man with a hapless knack for getting in and out of trouble. Some of his troubles are self-inflicted: like his recurring entanglements in love triangles; and his unauthorised joyriding of a customer’s car which sets off a chain of dire events involving drugs, crooked politicians, and assassins. Other troubles are caused by the panorama of characters in his life, like: his sister and her dysfunctional domestic situation;

“Been watching you.” He let the smoke out of his mouth as he spoke.
“Judging from the way you guzzled those bottles, i can tell you need a life coach.”
“I can make you rich. Richer than you’ve ever imagined.”

“Don’t you know you are a girl?”
Nkiru Olumide-Ojo sets out, in this book, to respond to that question, and in the process, subvert its hidden “restraining” intent. In nine short and eminently readable chapters, The Pressure Cooker offers advice to women in the workplace. Advice that comes from Nkiru’s lived experience—of motherhood, workplace sensibilities, and climbing up that corporate ladder.