Of the many cruel aspects of slavery, the shackles used to restrain and dehumanize over 12 million Africans across three ...
The leaders have asked for apologies from the countries that benefited from the slave trade, as well as debt relief and financial compensation.
Organisers said the Ghana conference was aimed at moving the reparations debate from recognition to concrete measures.
The Foundation for the Healing of the African Slave Era Atrocities has launched a global proclamation calling for healing, ...
The transatlantic slave trade was a multilayered, highly commercialised global enterprise that lasted from the early 1500s to ...
GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized symbols of the ...
African and Caribbean leaders meeting in Accra urge former slave-trading nations to issue formal apologies and pursue ...
Slavery was one of the cornerstones of European colonization across the Americas. The first slaves – 20 Africans - arrived on a Dutch ship around1619 to the Virginia colony at Jamestown. The demand ...
Will the Church's commitments still be delivered, or do shifting political winds mean there is no longer the will to do so?