Writing on “What is Africa owed”, New York Times journalist, Lynsey Chutel, referenced a group of eminent Africans, including the respected Ali Mazrui, who viewed reparations not merely in terms of monetary compensation, but in other efforts of restitution. “Reparations from Western countries meant reducing their support for African tyrants, supporting democracy on the continent, […]
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Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on slavery reparations
Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned. Downing Street insists the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries, which begins in the Pacific island nation of Samoa on Friday. […]