Published on 1 October to mark the beginning of Black History Month, the Bristol BME Powerlist 2018 is a joint partnership between the University of Bristol, Bristol Student's Union and Bristol 24/7 to showcase excellence in areas including academia, politics, business, activisim and the arts. 

Dr Foluke Adebisi was featured on the Powerlist as “a teaching fellow in the Law School, specialising in Race, decolonisation and African studies. She pioneered the creation of the first Pan-African Conference at Bristol engaging students with inter-disciplinary discussions on topics surrounding Africa.”

As founder and director of Forever Africa Conference and Events (FACE), Foluke brought together University staff and students to hold a launch event held earlier this year, which explored the long- and short- term goals needed to strengthen Pan-African staff and student links within the University, the local community and national and regional research and education initiatives.

The list’s Student Category also featured Law student Sheila Bamugemereire, who was on the 2018 FACE organising committee. In 2016, as Vice President of the University’s chapter of the Howard League for Penal Reform, Sheila co-hosted an event on Race and the UK Legal System which subsequently helped to give rise to the new Race and Law unit, to be introduced into the Law School’s curriculum in the academic year 2018/2019 and to be taught by Dr Yvette Russell and Foluke.