Milele Chikasa Anana listens as one of her grandchildren, Myriah Lattimer, reads aloud from an issue of UMOJA, a magazine Anana founded to tell positive stories about Madison's black community. Anana, who died Wednesday at 86, is remembered as "mighty in force."
Milele Chikasa Anana was a fierce spirit, a savvy businesswoman, a nurturer, an activist and a powerful leader in Madison’s black community for more than 40 years.
Milele Chikasa Anana, in her Madison home in 2013, is being remembered as "mighty in force." The longtime publisher and editor of UMOJA magazine died Wednesday at 86.
Milele Chikasa Anana, from left, publisher of UMOJA magazine, with Jahsiah McFarlane and Rebecca Henderson at her 80th birthday party, held at the Boys & Girls Club on Feb. 1, 2014.
Milele Chikasa Anana, in her Madison home in 2013, is being remembered as "mighty in force." The longtime publisher and editor of UMOJA magazine died Wednesday at 86.
Milele Chikasa Anana listens as one of her grandchildren, Myriah Lattimer, reads aloud from an issue of UMOJA, a magazine Anana founded to tell positive stories about Madison's black community. Anana, who died Wednesday at 86, is remembered as "mighty in force."
Milele Chikasa Anana, from left, publisher of UMOJA magazine, with Jahsiah McFarlane and Rebecca Henderson at her 80th birthday party, held at the Boys & Girls Club on Feb. 1, 2014.
