A higher institution situated in the United Kingdom, University of Bristol, has appointed a female Nigerian, Foluke Ifejola Adebisi as a Professor of Law.
It was reported that Adebisi, who holds a Master of Laws degree from the same institution, joined the institution in 2013.
According to a post by the Society of Black Academics on LinkedIn, Adebisi’s appointment makes her the 61st black female Professor in the UK.
The statement by the SBA reads thus: “We congratulate Dr Foluke Adebisi on her appointment as Professor of Law at the University of Bristol School of Law, University of Bristol. This Professorial appointment makes Dr Adebisi the 61st Black Female Professor in the UK.
“Professor Adebisi’s scholarship focuses on Decolonial Thought in Legal Education and its intersection with a history of changing ideas of the ‘‘human’’. She holds an LL.M with Distinction from Lancaster University in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. She also completed her Ph.D. in the same institution.
“Before joining the University of Bristol Law School in September 2013, she had a background in Legal Practice and NGO work. She is the founder and director of Forever Africa Conference and Events – FACE. Professor Foluke has published widely about Law, Africa, Pedagogy, and life in general.
“We wish her continued success in her career. Congratulations Professor Adebisi!.”
Dr Foluke Ifejola Adebisi’s scholarship focuses mainly on the relationship between theories of decolonisation and how they do and can interact with legal knowledge.
Her work is concerned with what happens at the intersection of legal education, law, society, and a history of changing ideas of what it means to be human. She has written widely in this area. She also edited a special issue for the Law Teacher journal on decolonisation in 2019. She founded and runs Forever Africa Conference and Events (FACE), a Pan-African interdisciplinary conference.
She blogs about her scholarship and pedagogy on her website ‘Foluke’s African Skies’ at https://FolukeAfrica.com. Her monograph “Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge: Reflections on Power and Possibility” was published by Bristol University Press in March 2023.
