Industries
Black Women Across Different Industries
Ever wanted to find out what it's like working in a certain industry? Maybe you're wondering how to get your foot in the door or if it's even what you want for your career path? Or perhaps, you're just a bit nosey – think of this like career day for black women and non-binary people, with all the specifics of our experience that others won't talk about.



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


Nyasha Oliver
A&E To Aesthetics: This Nurse Pivoted & Still Serves Her Community
Tuesday 25 February 2025 8:00 AM

Soraya Odubeko
Black Women Designers To Look Out For At London Fashion Week
Tuesday 18 February 2025 8:00 AM

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

Carly Lewis-Oduntan
Employers Are Ditching DEI: What Does This Mean For Black Women?
Tuesday 4 February 2025 10:00 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

Black Ballad
Navigating The Art World As A Disabled, Queer, Black Artist
Thursday 25 January 2024 8:00 AM


Esther Okusaga
Alisha Johnson-Wilder On Moving From Government To Corporate Tech
Wednesday 29 November 2023 8:00 AM


Nomqhele Beauty Dhlamini
Why The Health Sector In The UK Is Overdue It’s ‘#MeToo’ Reckoning
Thursday 16 November 2023 8:00 AM

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

Esther Okusaga
Selina Brown Is Filling A Gap In Black Britain's Literary Culture
Friday 13 October 2023 8:00 AM

Kehinde Adepetun
Three Black Women On Their Journey To Tech Entrepreneurship
Wednesday 4 October 2023 8:00 AM


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

Nomqhele Beauty Dhlamini
Kelechi Okafor Wrote The Book We Weren’t Expecting, But Really Need
Thursday 14 September 2023 11:00 AM

Nomqhele Beauty Dhlamini
Anne-Marie Imafidon On Black Women & The Future Of Tech
Friday 25 August 2023 8:00 AM

Jasmine Lee-Zogbessou
Can AI Be An Accessible Option For Mental Health Care For Black Women?
Thursday 24 August 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
Dorothy Koomson on What It Takes To Be a Bestselling Author
Friday 30 June 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


Nomqhele Beauty Dhlamini
The Pervasive Nature of Anti-Blackness In The NHS
Tuesday 14 March 2023 7:30 AM

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

Abiola Bello
When Publishing Wouldn’t Let Me Through The Door, I Built My Own Table
Friday 10 February 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

Black Ballad
Google's Top Diversity Exec On Keeping Black Women In The Workforce
Thursday 1 December 2022 8:00 AM

Ebony Douglas
The Metaverse Won’t Be Utopia But The Opportunities Are Still There
Thursday 3 November 2022 8:00 AM

Nomqhele Beauty Dhlamini
How Black Women In Britain Are Redefining The Tech Scene
Tuesday 29 March 2022 8:00 AM

Ata-owaji Victor
In A Post-2020 World, Technology Will Be Central To Fashion Innovation
Thursday 23 December 2021 7:00 AM

Jasmine A. Samura
How Can Black People Find Tattoo Artists They Can Trust?
Monday 8 November 2021 12:00 PM

Sarah Akinterinwa
This Black Woman Cartoonist Is Showing The Mundane Joys In Black Life
Wednesday 27 October 2021 7:00 AM

Jendella Benson
In Conversation With Acclaimed Author, Bernice L. McFadden
Thursday 16 September 2021 7:00 AM
Serena Richards
How Capitalism Made Black Nurses Underpaid & Undervalued
Thursday 19 August 2021 7:00 AM
Michelle Tiwo
babirye bukilwa And Michelle Tiwo Talk Life After Ackee & Saltfish
Tuesday 27 July 2021 12:00 PM
Jendella Benson
On Transitioning From Editor To Author & The Pressures Of Publishing
Tuesday 1 June 2021 3:00 PM
Jass Mensah
The African Women Who Left Their Children Behind To Work In The NHS
Thursday 18 March 2021 10:00 AM
Taylor Edmonds
5 Black Womxn You Need To Know About In The South Wales Creative Scene
Saturday 21 November 2020 7:00 AM
Jill Lupupa
How Attitudes Have Changed To Black Nurses In The East Midlands
Thursday 15 October 2020 7:00 AM
Rachel Willcocks
Navigating Creative Spaces As A Black Woman In The East Midlands
Wednesday 14 October 2020 7:00 AM
Maame Blue
How Can Black Authors Define Themselves In A White Publishing Industry
Thursday 25 June 2020 7:00 AM
Jahnine Davis
The Problems With Researching Sexual Abuse In Black Communities
Wednesday 24 June 2020 7:00 AM
Muinat Adeyemo
Three Black British Women In STEMM That You Need To Know About
Thursday 26 March 2020 8:00 AM
Alice Charles
Why Google's New Privacy Policies Are Dangerous For Black People
Wednesday 26 February 2020 7:00 AM
Danielle Dash
Racheal Ofori Talks: Three Sisters, Not Moving To America & Writing
Sunday 26 January 2020 7:00 AM
Chloe Austin
The Black British Artists Challenging Super White Britain
Wednesday 8 January 2020 7:00 AM
Janet Adebodun
Training To Be A Mental Health Nurse With Mental Health Diagnosis
Thursday 14 November 2019 7:00 AM
Furaha F Asani
Why We Must Always Remain Accountable To The People We Say We Love
Thursday 31 October 2019 7:00 AM
Furaha F Asani
Dr Nicola Rollock on: Black Female Academics, Balance & More
Sunday 11 August 2019 12:00 PM
Maimy Suleiman
MP Eleanor Smith Talks: Her Nursing Career, Corbyn & Brexit
Wednesday 26 June 2019 7:38 PM
Amahra Spence
We Must Own Physical Black Spaces For Our History, Creativity & Future
Thursday 13 June 2019 12:40 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
Chloe Seivwright
Stay Woke: Lets Talk About The Cambridge Analytica Facebook Scandal
Wednesday 21 March 2018 12:00 PM
Bakita Kasadha
Academic Activism: Letting People In Or Keeping People Out?
Thursday 1 February 2018 11:00 AM
Izin Akhabau
This Woman’s Work: Dorcas Magbadelo – Illustrator & Entrepreneur
Tuesday 5 December 2017 7:00 AM
Izin Akhabau
The Strained Relationship Between British Higher Education & Blackness
Wednesday 19 August 2015 6:50 AM
Charlene Badibanga
Photographer Jennie Baptiste Talks Jay Z & Modern Photography
Monday 30 March 2015 7:25 AM