Bodé Aboderin

Bodé Aboderin (also known as Papa B) is a motivational speaker, writer, businessman, and stay-at-home dad on a mission to communicate his rapidly changing beliefs on fatherhood and masculinity in real-time following his recent conversion from climbing the corporate ladder to running a household and family business. Having excelled in his career as a client relationship manager while becoming a father of three, Papa B is living proof that black fatherhood is not only compatible with ambition but can also inspire, nourish, and amplify it. By dispelling the negative stereotypes associated with being a black dad in Britain, he utilizes his natural flair for motivational speech to share the joyful and transformative journey of starting a family, without avoiding the inherent challenges and lessons to be learned. Recently, Bode was also honored as the only male speaker at Pregnant Then Screwed, a festival celebrating mothers with careers. In addition to managing school schedules, feeding the family, and staying on top of a mountain of laundry, Bodé, originally from Nigeria, now runs a growing media business with his wife, Candice Brathwaite, supporting and championing her plans for world domination. Through the content he shares on social media, speaking engagements, and his writing, Bodé is eager to share the extraordinary and enlightening impact this transformation has had on his fundamental beliefs and values.