▁list ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 ▁most ▁influ ential ▁people ▁of ▁African ▁or ▁African ▁Car ib bean ▁her itage ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁The ▁list ▁is ▁updated ▁ann ually ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁book ▁format ▁by ▁Power ful ▁Media ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁The ▁Power list ▁is ▁not ▁limited ▁to ▁British - born ▁citizens ▁and ▁includes ▁imm igr ants ▁to ▁the ▁UK . ▁ ▁History ▁and ▁method ology ▁ ▁The ▁list ▁was ▁first ▁created ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁by ▁Michael ▁Eb oda , ▁then ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Nation , ▁a ▁week ly ▁newspaper ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁for ▁the ▁Black ▁British ▁community , ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁profile ▁and ▁celebr ate ▁influ ential ▁Black ▁Brit ons , ▁and ▁insp ire ▁and ▁influence ▁the ▁next ▁generation . ▁The ▁first ▁Power list ▁was ▁compiled ▁after ▁six ▁months ▁of ▁research ▁and ▁debate ▁where ▁ 4 0 0 ▁people ▁of ▁influence ▁were ▁wh itt led ▁down ▁to ▁ 5 0 ▁women ▁and ▁ 5 0 ▁men , ▁then ▁ranked ▁into ▁respective ▁top ▁tens ▁with ▁the ▁results ▁announced ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁During ▁the ▁first ▁few ▁ed itions , ▁separate ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁rank ings ▁were ▁produced ▁for ▁both ▁Fem ale ▁and ▁Male ▁candidates ▁and ▁top ▁ranking ▁individuals ▁could ▁continue ▁to ▁be ▁ranked ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁From ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁the ▁ 5 0 ▁highest ▁r ated ▁nom ine es , ▁along ▁with ▁updates ▁on ▁the ▁previous ▁year ' s ▁Power