Ifo Ikede is Isoko, from the Niger-delta region of the west coast of Africa, and is Founder of a social media and marketing company focused on helping non-profits and businesses to better market to clients from non-English and non-French cultural background.
Their experiences as an immigrant to Canada, as well as active participation in settlement for both immigrant and refugee groups, and their involvement in First Nations and African Canadian integration issues, as well as the thousands of years of wisdom from the ancestors, put Ifo in a unique position to provide insights from lived experience to create healthy and healing communities.
Ifo is addicted to drumming and dancing, often dancing 3 to 5 times a week, is a competitive soccer player and martial artist … and, like many African grandmas, loves to cook and share yummy treats.