Advancing reparations:
This newspaper celebrates Ghana’s spearheading of last month’s United Nations resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade and ...
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- Ghana hosted the first Juneteenth commemoration outside the US featuring a powerful reenactment of the slave trade.
- The event deeply moved descendants of enslaved Africans, highlighting the brutal reality of their ancestors’ suffering.
- Concrete reparations and sustainable international funding were key outcomes of the conference discussions.
- The Dutch government pledged to return 2,000 artifacts to Ghana as part of ongoing reconciliation efforts.
reparation is more than compensation, it's about restoring dignity— Julius Garvey, son of Jamaican political activist Marcus Garvey; said during the conference that reparations are about more than compensation, restoring dignity.
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