Yejide Orunmila, ANWO President

"Another black child was kidnapped today!” was the rallying call that the African National Women’s Organization (ANWO) put out on August 17. This organized the first...

African National Women’s Organization (ANWO) convened our 6th annual convention, our Black Women’s Convention, entitled "One Voice! Many Fists!" During the two-day program, guests and organizers...

Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) illegitimately removed five-year-old Patience McGhee from the home of her loving parents, Aniya Butler and Peter McGhee. This...

"Aicheria currently faces up to one year in prison and a $10,000 fine if she continues to braid hair professionally without completing 2100 hours of cosmetology coursework which, by the way, does not teach African hair braiding and costs up to $20,000."

"Sandra Bland's videotaped arrest is evidence enough that the rights and bodies of black people will never be respected inside a system of colonial oppression."

One major issue that will be discussed is the impact that colonialism has had on the African family unit. In the U.S. nearly 72 percent of African children are born to single parents, with a majority of them being raised by single mothers. Almost half of African children in Britain are being raised by single parents.

Editors Note: Yejide Orunmila responds to feminist Kimberly Foster's blog immediately following the police chokehold murder of 43-year-old Eric Garner. Foster's blog, titled "Why...

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