Our Guests

Oscar is a Nigerian-Canadian who lives in Calgary. He is a life coach and security expert. He explores modern African Identity crises and how Africa can recover

Darlington Smart, popularly known as DSMART, is a Nigerian-born artist, performer, and creative entrepreneur based in Calgary, Canada.

Chileshe, known as Chichi, is a Zambian creative entrepreneur, balloon artist and mother whose work is rooted in creativity, community and celebration.

Nomso Nnadi is an entrepreneur, community builder and founder of Femme Alliance Network, a nonprofit supporting women as they navigate different transitions of life in Canada. Originally from Nigeria, Nomso spent 15 years in banking and finance, building a career in risk management before immigrating to Canada with her family in 2019. Her own experience of starting over—and confronting isolation and the loss of familiar community—deepened her commitment to creating spaces where people can find connection and belonging. Her work is shaped by a lifelong belief in service, family and legacy. As a mother of three, she is particularly interested in how immigrant families preserve values, raise children between cultures and build meaningful lives without losing their sense of identity.

Amarachi Attamah-Ugwu is an Igbo language educator, cultural curator, writer, performer and mother-tongue advocate whose work centres on the preservation and transmission of Igbo language, knowledge and cultural memory. She has taught Igbo through Harvard University’s African Language Program and Yale University’s Directed Independent Language Program, bringing indigenous language and cultural knowledge into academic learning environments. Her wider work spans language education, cultural documentation, oral tradition and cultural programming. She is the author of Igbo, an expansive 660-page language and cultural resource created to help learners engage not only with the Igbo language, but with the cultural knowledge necessary to understand it.