Should a former colony ask the British Crown for permission to pursue its own reparations claim? Cultural anthropologist Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama joined Dominique DiPrima on Freedmen Fridays to unpack Jamaica’s Jamaica reparations King Charles petition, and she doesn’t hold back on why she thinks the government got the strategy backward….
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CARICOM
CARICOM Reparations Forum: Beckles, Gonsalves, Goddard Speak in Saint Lucia
The CARICOM Reparations Forum convened on Monday, July 6, 2026, bringing together CARICOM and the Government of Saint Lucia’s National Reparations Committee for the Caribbean Conference on the Global Manifesto for Enlightenment, Socio-Economic Reparatory Justice, Reporting and Sustainable Development. The forum ran from 2:00 to 5:00 PM AST, streamed live…
African Union
Juneteenth in Accra: African Union Declares Decade of Reparations and Joint Juneteenth Observance at Next Steps 2026
Less than three months after 123 nations voted yes on UN Resolution A/RES/80/250 — recognizing the trafficking of enslaved Africans as among the gravest crimes against humanity — world leaders converged on Accra, Ghana for the Next Steps 2026 High-Level Consultative Conference. Hosted by President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana,…