The Commission
Emma B
Emma B has been a mainstay at Radio 1 for the past few years, winning awards for shows such as Sunday Surgery, which has recently been nominated for a Sony Award. She also stands in for everyone from Chris Moyles to Mark & Lard. She is the world's most listened to DJ, with her World Service chart getting listeners of over 153 million! Her TV work includes Top of the Pops, Liquid News; she currently presents the Pop Music strand on GMTV.
Paul Boakye
Paul Boakye is currently the editor of Drum, the UK's new lifestyle magazine for black men, inspired by the famous Drum Magazine of South Africa in the 1950s.
Playwright, essayist, editor, and managing director of Drum Media Limited, Paul has written for theatre, radio, film, TV, academia and magazines. He is the recipient of a national Livewire Business Award, and is a member of the Writer's Guild of Great Britain and the Institute of Project Management.
Paul specialises in reaching black African and Caribbean audiences in Britain's culturally diverse communities. He is also a sexual health promotion consultant. Paul's provocative and existential writing comes of age in his stage plays, Boy with Beer and Wicked Games. This conflict between "the British, American, and African Dreams" is also explored in much of his writing.
