African Nations are joining forces to push for reparations for their countries AND diaspora on the global stage

[RamsayBolton]

Nigeria joins Ghana, 121 others urging reparations for slavery’s historical wrongs

“Today, we come together in solemn solidarity to affirm truth and pursue a route to healing and reparative justice,” Mahama said.

www.vanguardngr.com

The resolution emphasised “the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity by reason of the definitive break in world history”.

It also noted the scale, duration, systemic nature, brutality and enduring consequences that continue to structure the lives of all people through racialised regimes of labour, property and capital.”

It affirmed the importance of addressing historical wrongs affecting Africans and people of the diaspora in a manner that promotes justice, human rights, dignity and healing.

The countries where enslaved Africans were taken from also suffered “a hollowing out”, having lost entire generations who potentially could have helped them to prosper, she said.

“It was, to put it in colder terms, mass resource extraction,” Baerbock stressed.

Guterres urged countries to drive action to eradicate systemic racism, ensure reparatory justice and accelerate inclusive development, marked by equal access to education, health, employment, housing, and a safe environment.

The U.S. representative to the UN Economic and Social Council, Dan Negrea, said the U.S. “does not recognise a legal right to reparations for historical wrongs that were not illegal under international law at the time they occurred.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/african-leaders-push-slavery-reparations-despite-resistance-2025-02-13/

MORE THAN JUST COMPENSATION'​

Much of the debate around reparations, particularly in former colonial powers such as Britain and Portugal, has focused on financial payments but advocates say making amends for the past can take many forms.

"Reparations are more than just compensation," said ECOSOCC's head of secretariat William Carew. "It is about... ensuring future generations inherit a world that acknowledges their past and propels them towards a brighter future."
The AU said in a statement that reparations for Africa could entail land restitution in countries where land was taken from indigenous populations to the return of cultural artefacts.

It also highlighted the need for changes in policies that perpetuate inequalities and for international bodies, such as the United Nations, to hold former colonial powers to account.

In comparison, here's how Reparations talks are going just at home:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/reparations-measures-stall-across-us-advocates-undeterred-2024-10-22/

At the federal level, a proposal to create a commission to study what reparations might look like has been stalled in Congress for 35 years.

So the African countries might benefit, but it shouldn't only be them the way they're pitching it this feels like something to watch for the finer details

 

[King Sun]

 

[get these nets]

OP

Good luck having the discussion on this subforum

YTers were able to convince supposedly Black men on this forum that a documented Malcolm X story about a related matter turned out differently than it did.

MFers apparently never had interest in reading the Auto Bio for themselves. Otherwise they wouldnt have fallen for the stupid shyt.

 

[Texkmot2446]

Any money or resources they get will only go to the elite and help their kids live in Europe, Canada and the US. This whole thing is a scam for them.

Since when did they care about slaves and reparations? They still send their people off to be slaves in the middle east or for north Africans and they don't do anything to get them back or help.

 

[Brolic]

Tethers gone tether

 

[tuckgod]

OP

Good luck having the discussion on this subforum

YTers were able to convince supposedly Black men on this forum that a documented Malcolm X story about a related matter turned out differently than it did.

MFers apparently never had interest in reading the Auto Bio for themselves. Otherwise they wouldnt have fallen for the stupid shyt.

Shut the fukk up nikka.

That book was written by the CIA.

Update your programming.

 

[tuckgod]

Tethers gone tether

You would know first hand.

 

[Seoul Gleou]

The fukkery...it's starting

 

[Primetime21]

Somehow it’ll turn into black people attacking each other instead of focusing on the common enemy

 

[Seoul Gleou]

Any money or resources they get will only go to the elite and help their kids live in Europe, Canada and the US. This whole thing is a scam for them.

Since when did they care about slaves and reparations? They still send their people off to be slaves in the middle east or for north Africans and they don't do anything to get them back or help.

Tethers gone tether

Shut the fukk up nikka.

That book was written by the CIA.

Update your programming.

You would know first hand.

 

[tuckgod]

I’m always ready

 

[Uachet]

Modern slavery in Nigeria | Walk Free

The 2023 Global Slavery Index country study for Nigeria.

www.walkfree.org

Urgent action needed as tens of thousands in Ghana experience modern slavery

An estimated 91,000 people in Ghana are living in modern slavery, according to the Global Slavery Index, highlighting the urgent need for action against exploitation.

www.walkfree.org

Slavery Is Still Legal for Two Million People in the U.S.

Last year, President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday, but the United States has yet to acknowledge the direct line from chattel slavery in the…

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So, why should a Black American consider any of the three nations I put up there as representatives for the enslaved, even in these modern times?

 

[Richard Glidewell]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO......... the grifters about to turn pan africanists..........

 

[Strapped]

The west are broke & even if they weren't they'd never give black people a penny

 

[tuckgod]

So, why should a Black American consider any of the three nations I put up there as representatives for the enslaved, even in these modern times?

None of those “nations” existed during slavery.

This shyt ain’t going nowhere.