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Bell Rebeiro-Addy opens the all-party parliamentary group for Afrikan reparations
HUNDREDS of activists gathered in central London on Saturday to chart a pathway towards reparative justice for the legacy of the trafficking and enslavement of peoples of African descent.
The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for Afrikan reparations brought together activists, campaigns and institutions for two days over October 21 to 22 in its first conference.
APPG chairwoman Streatham Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy opened the conference by paying tribute to the trailblazing work of the late Bernie Grant, who represented Tottenham for Labour and “was the first MP to stand up in Parliament to demand an apology and reparative justice.
BOB NEWLAND appreciates an important contribution to the debate about how slavery helped to build the wealth of Western companies and states
ROGER McKENZIE reports on the west African country, under its new anti-imperialist government, taking up the case for compensation for colonial-era massacres
On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
MOLLY DHLAMINI welcomes a Pan-Africanist and Marxist manifesto that charts a path for Africa’s resurgence