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Parents raising children with additional needs are heroes! Children who have additional needs are truly special! In this truly inspiring episode, my guests IK Nnadi & Amaka Nnadi and Kenny Nwosu share candidly about their journey raising their amazing children Kamsi and Kobimtochi who are on the autistic spectrum. Simply put; I am in awe! Listen, comment, share, subscribe!

Parents raising children with additional needs are heroes! Children who have additional needs are truly special! In this truly inspiring episode, my guests IK Nnadi & Amaka Nnadi and Kenny Nwosu share candidly about their journey raising their amazing children Kamsi and Kobimtochi who are on the autistic spectrum. Simply put; I am in awe! Listen, comment, share, subscribe!

Parents raising children with additional needs are heroes! Children who have additional needs are truly special! In this truly inspiring episode, my guests IK Nnadi & Amaka Nnadi (nee Nwosu) and Kenny Nwosu share candidly about their journey raising their amazing children Kamsi and Kobimtochi who are on the autistic spectrum. Simply put; I am in awe! Listen, comment, share, subscribe!

'White Nanny, Black Child' is a documentary about West African children (many Nigerian) who were privately fostered by White British families in a practice known as 'farming'. The documentary won the 2024 BAFTA Television Award for Specialist Factual amongst other awards. It is believed that over 70,000 West African children were 'farmed' between 1950s - 1990; some of the c...

'White Nanny, Black Child' is a documentary about West African children (many Nigerian) who were privately fostered by White British families in a practice known as 'farming'. The documentary won the 2024 BAFTA Television Award for Specialist Factual amongst other awards. It is believed that over 70,000 West African children were 'farmed' between 1950s - 1990; some of the children returned to thei...

Are we really as only as old as we feel? Is 'age' just a state of mind? Should age determine zest for life? Should we limit our partners' ages to close to ours or love who loves us and see age as just a number? Does society place harsh expectations on the 'mature woman' and why should we comply? The questions are non-exhaustive..... My guest Sola Akin-Olugbade is a mature woman...

Many of us immigrants have moments when we miss home and yearn for a reminder of 'the good old days'. 042 Restaurant & Bar in Leytonstone, London (we just call it '042') reminds me of growing up in Enugu, Nigeria at a time when life was sweet, there were no worries about kidnappings or ritualists and love and enjoyment filled the air. Uche Nnadi is the co-owner of 042 and in th...

Ruth's parents are Nigerian; she was born, raised and lives in the UK. Ruth is young, beautiful, smart, ambitious, intelligent, brave, strong, hard working (she is a model and also works her regular day job), the list goes on...... Ruth has sickle cell in this episode, we have a candid, funny, uplifting chat about sickle cell including managing life (and pain) and relationships. Ruth is more t...

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Dyslexia is a learning difficulty many of us still do not know much about. Many people still link dyslexia with intelligence and this is totally incorrect. I believe that the best way to learn about anything is straight from someone who has direct experience about it. My guest, Chinelo Ezigbo is dyslexic; she was born and raised in Nigeria before moving to the UK. I learnt so much about dyslexia f...

Happy new year everyone! We survived it and we go again this year with exciting episodes touching on every and any topic; nothing is off limits! May 2026 be kind to us all!!

This last episode of 2025 is a quick recap of my episodes this year and to appreciate and thank my amazing guests and listeners. 2026 promises to bring more exciting episodes as my guests and I continue to delve into meaningful topics that affect our community. Keep listening, engaging also subscribe for new episode. I wish you a restful festive period with your loved ones and happy new year in ad...

Adoption is a beautiful gift for both the adoptive parents and the child yet it is still a 'hush hush' topic in our community. Listen to part 2 of 2 of my amazing guest Robyn Brown-Obot's beautiful story of being an adoptive parent. (If you didn't listen to part 1, do that now and then come back and listen to this final episode!) Let me know your thoughts in the comments section an...

Adopting is a wonderful thing yet it is another topic many of our people do not like to discuss. My amazing guest Robyn Brown-Obot is proud of being an adoptive parent and I am thankful for her for agreeing to candidly and openly share her very personal adoption journey in this episode. Listen to part 1 of 2 of Robyn's beautiful story as 'the other mummy' to her beautiful daughter; Est...

My guest, Sola Onalaja was diagnosed with High Blood Pressure several years ago and she admits that she did not take the diagnosis seriously which led to both her kidneys failing. Sola's message is for people to try to live a healthy life style and to address health issues once they are identified to avoid them escalating. Sola has now been on dialysis for 18 years and continues to hope and pray f...

'International day of the girl child' was on 10.10.2025 and what better way to celebrate it than sitting down with my own baby girl. Today's episode is all about us - laughter, lessons, love, giggles, real talk and maybe a little reflection as we celebrate what it truly means to raise and be 'a girl child'. We hope you enjoyed listening to two girls chat celebrate each other! P...

Please read below from the NHS donor website as at 5.11.2025: 'A new report published today by NHS Blood and Transplant shows a five year high on the number of patients of Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds receiving an organ transplant. Latest figures from the Annual Report on Ethnicity Differences in Organ Donation and Transplantation show that in 2023/24, 1,232 patients from ethni...

I took a short time out, I missed you and I am back!! How is everyone doing, what has been going on in your lives? Comment and let me know!

Many of us have or know someone who has 'japad' from Nigeria to other countries in search of greener pastures. Many of us may have heard about the the recent incident involving a Nigerian Health Care assistant who was caught on camera maltreating the elderly patient she was caring for. My guest has worked with the National Health Service for 25 years so who better to discuss with. I have decided c...

Unmarried heterosexual females - You are in a relationship, you fall pregnant, he tells you he does not want the child, you ignore him and go and have the child; do you put his name on the child's birth certificate, give your child his surname and expect him to become actively involved in your child's life (which for some includes paying child maintenance)? Men - In the above situation, do...

'Therapy' (whether for adults and children) is still not yet fully embraced and valued by many in the Black/African community. My guest; Omololu Majekodunmi is the founder of 'Triumph Therapeutics' based in Washington, USA which provides paediatric therapy. Omololu shares his heart-warming story of how he first became interested in working with children and the importance of parent...

Are single mothers viewed and treated differently from single fathers and if so, why? Listen and let me know your thoughts.

Many of us leave the shores of our respective native lands to further our education or in search of greener pastures in the diaspora. When we settle in the diaspora, many of us do not give back to help our brothers and sisters back home. My guest Dr Aderonke Kujore shares her story from when she left Nigeria to the birth of her orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya and the great work her foundation (Aderonk...

I always believed that being Gen X born and raised in Nigeria before coming to the United Kingdom toughened and equipped me with wisdom and tools to navigate life. However, my 'Gen X' daughter continues to give me food for thought and I am now unsure which of us is wrapped in cotton wool. Listen, comment and let me know what you think!! Also, don't forget to subscribe!!!

My guest Adaeze Smolarek (popularly known as Mrs S) and I have known each other since we were 11/12 years old! Weight loss drugs are a controversial topic and Mrs S is brutally honest as she shares her weight loss journey from the beginning to present day. You can follow Mrs S on her You Tube channel 'Being Mrs S' to find out more about her weight loss journey. Adaeze and both enjoyed &#39...