During her time at Howard, she was the co-founder and co-president of the Howard University’s Community Development Association as well as the Undergraduate Lab supervisor in the archaeology research laboratory. She presented at symposiums and conferences such as the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization (ASCAC) and worked on three archeological collections, one of which was the Buffalo Soldiers project where she participated in an excavation in the Gila National Forest. Her most important time during college was under the direction of Howard’s Africana Studies professors and her relationship with Washington D.C.’s greater African-centered community. She learned to read and write MDW NTR (hieroglyphics) and traveled to Ghana and Nigeria.
She was blessed with the intellectual and political foundation that equipped her to seek out institutions who were committed to African liberation. In the summer of 2013, Bonisile volunteered at Ile Omode, assisting Baba Abubakar with the summer program. She had found her calling and was committed to joining the Ile Omode family as a teacher upon her graduation.
Today, Mama Bonisile is the primary 2nd grade teacher and is committed to the work that needs to be done to activate the Ase of our children and maximize their power so that they can continue on the mission to liberate our people.