What is black then, black now?
Black Then, Black Now is a podcast produced by four young black Londoners aged 18 to 24, with the support of the Voltage Revolution. Each episode is a conversation between one young person and an elder, providing an intergenerational take on topics such as identity, music, education and love.
The producers zero in on questions around:
Through these conversations the team hope to shed light on how society has changed.
The Voltage Revolution is a free programme for young Black creatives seeking to get into creative or tech industries.
The producers zero in on questions around:
- Combatting imposter syndrome
- The necessity of 'Black excellence'
- How dating has changed for both generations
- And how family shapes who are we
Through these conversations the team hope to shed light on how society has changed.
The Voltage Revolution is a free programme for young Black creatives seeking to get into creative or tech industries.
Listen to the podcast here
The team
Elizabeth Adeleke, is an event manager, photographer, singer and songwriter. She looks forward to finding opportunities to strengthen her experience and develop further as an artist and photographer.
Antonia Antrobus is studying Human, Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Outside of term time she plans to help at an after-school sociology project called Consented which delivers sessions on race, class and colonialism at her old school. She is keen to find opportunities where she can help assist qualitative research as she loves interviewing people and finding out more about society through people.
Dinah Falade is a content writer for a music blog and music curator, born and raised in South London and was the project manager for Black Then, Black Now. The podcast has been the first major creative project she has worked on. She says that being a part of this project has given her insight and confidence that she did not have before. She has been privy to the highs and lows of putting together the project, and it has only strengthened her communication and team-working skills.
Jordan B. Minga is a young, ambitious writer-poet, facilitator and filmmaker. Graduating in 2021 as part of the first cohort of the London Screen Academy, in partnership with Working Title Films. He looks forward to collaborating on more projects and developing further as an artist and filmmaker.
Antonia Antrobus is studying Human, Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Outside of term time she plans to help at an after-school sociology project called Consented which delivers sessions on race, class and colonialism at her old school. She is keen to find opportunities where she can help assist qualitative research as she loves interviewing people and finding out more about society through people.
Dinah Falade is a content writer for a music blog and music curator, born and raised in South London and was the project manager for Black Then, Black Now. The podcast has been the first major creative project she has worked on. She says that being a part of this project has given her insight and confidence that she did not have before. She has been privy to the highs and lows of putting together the project, and it has only strengthened her communication and team-working skills.
Jordan B. Minga is a young, ambitious writer-poet, facilitator and filmmaker. Graduating in 2021 as part of the first cohort of the London Screen Academy, in partnership with Working Title Films. He looks forward to collaborating on more projects and developing further as an artist and filmmaker.