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The People’s War – Episode 45: African women organizing collective childcare and resisting the colonial state


thumbnail-11.jpegIn this week’s episode we talk with Yejide Orunmila, President of the African National Women’s Organization (ANWO) about:

  • Black Community Control of Childcare and the building of the Uhuru Kijiji Childcare Collectives in the U.S. and around the world
  • Struggles to defend African families and prevent Child Protective Services from taking African children from their homes
  • Critiquing “bourgeois feminism” and building African self-determination

The People’s War radio show is produced by WBPU 96.3 FM “Black Power 96” in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is hosted by Dr. Matsemela Odom and Muambi Tangu, bringing an African Internationalist perspective to the important issues of our world.