Creative Careers
Creative Career Stories & Experiences
(Mostly) gone are the days when black children were only given the option of being a lawyer, a doctor or an engineer. But how do you make it in the creative industry without being a nepo baby or knowing all the right people?
Dive into Black Ballad's archive of original journalism and interviews to find out how the creatives you admire found their way.

Audrey Tonje
Tamara Lawrance & Cherrelle Skeete On Being A Black Actor In 2025
Thursday 3 April 2025 11:00 AM


Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
Writing My Second Book Took A Serious Toll On My Wellbeing
Tuesday 11 February 2025 8:00 AM


Bashirat Oladele
Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́ on The Sanctity Of Theatre & How She Got Started
Wednesday 5 June 2024 8:00 AM


Nina Dafe
Chart-Topping Songwriter Carla Marie Williams Refuses To Be Silent
Wednesday 1 May 2024 8:00 AM
Mary W
BBC 1Xtra's Kaylee Golding Is Our Daytime Darling & Brum-Town Legend
Tuesday 16 April 2024 8:00 AM

Nikki Onafuye
Remel London On Her Journey From YouTube To Primetime Radio
Thursday 22 February 2024 8:00 AM

Chloe Lovell
Black Women Get Honest About Their Experiences of Self-Publishing
Wednesday 15 November 2023 8:00 AM


Foyin Ejilola
Dunnie Onasanya Is Spreading Joy Through Her Abstract Art
Friday 22 September 2023 8:00 AM

Adama Juldeh Munu
Black Creatives Around The UK Are Responding To The Climate Emergency
Friday 11 August 2023 8:00 AM


Jendella Benson
Andi Osho on Redirection & What's Left On Her Bucket List
Wednesday 14 June 2023 8:00 AM

Taylor Edmonds
Welsh-Cape Verdean Playwright Nia Morais On Making A Career In Theatre
Friday 2 June 2023 8:00 AM

Esosa Otabor
Three Black Women On How They Got Their Careers In Publishing
Thursday 1 June 2023 8:00 AM

Grace Samuel
Meet The Black Women Entrepreneurs Who Didn’t Go To University
Thursday 25 May 2023 8:00 AM

Bashirat Oladele
Interior Design Master Temi Johnson On Changing Careers Later In Life
Wednesday 24 May 2023 8:00 AM

Mia Thornton
Three Black Women On Building A Successful Career In Hollywood
Thursday 18 May 2023 8:00 AM

Mia Thornton
Terri Walker Talks Romance, Returning To Music & Her 26 Year Career
Friday 14 April 2023 8:00 AM

Jasmine Lee-Zogbessou
The Self-Funded Art Platform Spotlighting Marginalised Creatives
Thursday 2 March 2023 8:00 AM

Mia Thornton
Marssaié Talks Resilience & Community For Black Freelancers
Monday 9 January 2023 8:00 AM

Jendella Benson
Hairstylist & BBC Leicester Broadcaster, Aminata Kamara
Wednesday 28 December 2022 8:00 AM

Sarah Akinterinwa
This Black Woman Cartoonist Is Showing The Mundane Joys In Black Life
Wednesday 27 October 2021 7:00 AM
Michelle Tiwo
babirye bukilwa And Michelle Tiwo Talk Life After Ackee & Saltfish
Tuesday 27 July 2021 12:00 PM
Taylor Edmonds
5 Black Womxn You Need To Know About In The South Wales Creative Scene
Saturday 21 November 2020 7:00 AM
Rachel Willcocks
Navigating Creative Spaces As A Black Woman In The East Midlands
Wednesday 14 October 2020 7:00 AM
Danielle Dash
Racheal Ofori Talks: Three Sisters, Not Moving To America & Writing
Sunday 26 January 2020 7:00 AM
Tobi Adunni
Cherrelle Skeete on Sisterhood, Self-Care & Success as a Black Actress
Thursday 30 May 2019 11:57 AM
Tiwa Adebayo
Do Cultural Expectations Stop Black People Pursuing Creative Careers?
Monday 11 March 2019 7:00 AM
Salma Ibrahim
How To Run A Creative Business Without Ruining Your Mental Health
Tuesday 12 June 2018 7:00 AM
Izin Akhabau
This Woman’s Work: Dorcas Magbadelo – Illustrator & Entrepreneur
Tuesday 5 December 2017 7:00 AM