Should the soon-to-be ex-Vogue editor really top the Black 100 Powerlist?

If Edward Enninful is the most powerful Black person in Britain, we need a conversation about who qualifies as powerful, says Ava Vidal

The King greets Black Powerlist guests at a Buckingham Palace reception (PA Wire)

As another Black History Month comes to an end, another Powerlist is out.

The annual ranking of the 100 most influential people of African or African-Caribbean heritage in Britain has been decided by a panel of judges, each a trailblazer in their chosen fields. This year’s chair was Britain’s first Black High Court judge, the Hon Dame Linda Dobbs. Because if you’re going to appoint a judge to a judging panel, get the best.

These Powerlist-brokers decide who makes it by asking “how influential they are in their immediate sphere of expertise“ and “how far that influence spreads beyond that”. They take seven days to look over everything before locking themselves in a room for a full eight hours to decide.