Eradicating female genital mutilation means destroying capitalist colonialism

8 Jun '17

Eradicating female genital mutilation means destroying capitalist colonialism

June 8, 2017

According to the World Heath Organization, there is an estimated 125 million girls and women throughout the world who have been subjected to a practice called female genital mutilation (FGM), a majority of whom lives in Africa and the Middle East. FGM is the removing or altering of the external […]

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17 Feb '17

Madonna Steals Two More African Children from Malawi

February 17, 2017

Birth and Reproductive Justice, Colonialism

By Rita Akoth Ombaka Last week, various news and social media sites were circulating and exalting the story of Madonna’s theft of two (more) children from Malawi. The outlets talked about the controversy around the length of adoption, the waiving of a residency requirement by the court–which state that children […]

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28 Aug '16

#BlackGirlsWrapWednesday

August 28, 2016

Anti-Colonialism, Black Power, Colonialism

The #BlackGirlsWrapWednesday is a movement started by the African National Women’s Organization when our young organizers at Gibbs High School were told that they could not wear their African headwraps to school. A 17-year-old student was told that her headwrap was a violation of school dress code and was forced […]

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19 Aug '16

ANWO DC Holds Solidarity Protest Supporting Kushinda

August 19, 2016

Anti-Colonialism, Colonialism, protest, State Violence

ANWO DC members Yejide Orunmila and Antoinette Taylor and African People’s Socialist Party member Aaron O’Neal held a solidarity protest in support of Kushinda Olanrewaju who has been protesting targeted attacks by London Borough of Brent. Local members in D.C. held up signs outside of the British Embassy that read […]

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18 Aug '16

Black August Protest for Justice – #DefendAfricanWomen

August 18, 2016

Colonialism, protest

Since August 9th, Kushinda Olanrewaju (Shirley Campbell) has held daily demonstrations in front of the Brent Civic Centre to protest the targeted assault on her and her family. Most of these assaults are aimed at removing Kushinda’s access to benefits that would allow her to remain the full time carer […]

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4 Aug '16

Korryn Gaines Fearless African Warrior

August 4, 2016

Colonialism, State Violence

Let’s first get this out of the way, Korryn Gaines was a fearless, powerful, warrior who died resisting colonial oppression. Korryn, a 23-year-old African mother of two children, was murdered on Monday August 1, 2016, by Baltimore County S.W.A.T team executing a warrant for unpaid traffic citations. She was inside […]

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