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The People’s War – Episode 14: African women must lead

We talk with Yejide Orunmila, President of the African National Women’s Organization (ANWO) about:

  • How to stop violence against African womencolonial (police) and horizontal (within the community)
  • Efforts to stop the forced removal of African children from their families
  • Support for African women in prison
  • ANWO’s July 11-12 online international organizing conference

The program concludes with the words of the late Afeni Shakur, co-defendant in the New York City trial against the Panther 21 in 1969 and mother of the rapper, Tupac Shakur.

This episode is hosted by Tiana Afrika and Muambi Tangu. The People’s War weekly radio show features guests covering all aspects of the struggle against colonial violence, from COVID-19 to police occupation.