Following the successful Nollywood at the GRAND in partnership with The GRAND Theatre, featuring the Black History Month premiere of award-winning film 3 Cold Dishes, Calgary-based producers Ejiro Onobrakpor and Nenritji Suwa are bringing the acclaimed Due Parenting Podcast Live to the stage.

What is the Due Parenting Podcast All About?

Hosted by Nollywood movie stars Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman and Ibrahim Suleiman, Due Parenting Podcast Live translates the warmth, honesty, humour, and unfiltered conversations of the popular show into an interactive stage experience.

On Saturday, October 17, 2026, Calgary audiences will gather for an evening of candid dialogue complete with special guests, heartfelt storytelling, live performances, and actionable insights.

At its heart, Due Parenting is about creating space for the conversations that often happen behind closed doors. Parenthood can be joyful, overwhelming, complicated, and deeply transformative, yet many are navigating it alone. The podcast brings those experiences into the open, creating room for honest conversations without judgment.

The Calgary live show expands that philosophy beyond the podcast, creating an opportunity for audiences to not only listen, but participate in a shared experience.

Curated locally by Suwa and Onobrakpor, the event is rooted in the belief that raising a child truly takes a village. Reflecting on the power of shared experiences, Onobrakpor notes:

“Nobody becomes who they are without stories. We are shaped by the stories we’ve heard, the ones we’ve lived, and the ones we choose to tell.”

Suwa adds:

“My goal is to create a positive force in how Black and African experiences are told and represented. As a Black African woman, I aim to create and curate stories where my culture and people portrayed with depth, dignity, and authenticity. Storytelling is a way to bring these rich voices to the international stage.”

For Calgary, the event also represents an opportunity to build connections between local communities and an internationally recognised African creative platform. The goal of this inaugural live show is not only to introduce Due Parenting to new audiences, but to foster meaningful partnerships across families, healthcare professionals, charity organisations, and community groups.

What to Expect at the Calgary Live Show

Taking place on Saturday, October 17, 2026, the event offers a rare chance to experience the podcast in a live recording environment. With Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman and Ibrahim Suleiman bringing their chemistry and experience to Evan Hazell Theatre’s stage.

The Calgary Team Behind Due Parenting Live

Executive Producer – Ejiro Onobrakpor

Ejiro Onobrakpor is a Calgary-based strategist, producer, and filmmaker whose work centres on the human journey of becoming and the voices too often left out of the story. His projects include A Few Good Men, The Gifted Silence, and Love. Sex. Religion. He is the 2024 ATB President's League winner and the recipient of the 2025 CBAA Media and Entertainment Personality Award.

Producer – Nenritji Suwa

Nenritji Suwa is a Nigerian writer, researcher, director, and filmmaker. Her filmography includes the festival-selected short film The Invisible Monster as well as the upcoming documentary Beyond February. Her media work has been presented by platforms such as the British Film Institute and Emmedia Gallery. Her written work and research have appeared in The NativeMag, Amaka Studio, and Heritage Park.

Event Details & Ticket Information

Date & Time: Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Evan Hazell Theatre
Organised by Xtertainment Network, tickets are available online via Eventbrite.

Read the full cover story

Aquakultre covers the September 2026 issue of Afros in tha City. The complete story explores 1783, Matriarchs, the family histories behind the work and the moment Lance Sampson found his voice.

The full feature and photo story will be released with the September digital issue and limited print edition.

& Afro-Disco Makossa: The Dance Floor Record He’s Always Wanted to Spin & More.

Music never arrives without a history. It carries places, technologies, memories and the fingerprints of those who came before.

For our August cover story, Afros in tha City sits down with Adrian Younge to explore the sounds, relationships and creative philosophy behind Afro-Disco Makossa—a record born from his long-held desire to create music for the dance floor without surrendering the depth, musicianship or historical consciousness that defines his work.

Drawing from makossa, soul, funk and disco, the album does not treat these traditions as relics to be reproduced. Younge approaches them as living languages: sounds capable of holding their histories while continuing to move, transform and speak to the present. The result is music designed for movement, connection and deep listening—a record that looks backward only to understand where it might travel next.

But this conversation extends far beyond one album.

Younge reflects on the trust that can only be built through consistency, his enduring creative partnership with Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and the ecosystem they have created through Jazz Is Dead. Rather than positioning legendary musicians as figures frozen in the past, the platform invites living artists to continue creating, experimenting and adding new chapters to their own stories.

He also speaks about attending law school because he wanted to become what he calls “an educated artist”—someone equipped to understand contracts, intellectual property, ownership and the structures surrounding the work. His independence is not simply an aesthetic or an industry label. It is knowledge, preparation, discipline and the infrastructure required to protect a creative life.

That philosophy carries particular weight for an independent publication like ours. Building outside traditional systems requires more than vision. It requires learning how the machinery works, deciding what must remain yours and creating an ecosystem capable of supporting the work long after the excitement of an idea has passed.

Throughout the conversation, Younge retains the curiosity that first led him toward music. “We’re just bigger kids,” he says—a reminder that serious artistic practice does not require abandoning wonder. Growth can mean becoming more skilled, more informed and more intentional while remaining open enough to keep discovering.

This is a cover story about a dance-floor record, but it is also about something larger: how artists honour history without becoming trapped inside it, how independence is built rather than declared, and how curiosity keeps the conversation moving forward.

Adrian Younge covers the August issue of Afros in tha City.

Read “Afro-Disco Makossa: The Dance Floor Record He’s Always Wanted to Spin” at afrosinthacity.com and in our print publication.

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