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Africa And Caribbean Unite For Slavery Reparations Tribunal

African and Caribbean nations establish a tribunal to seek reparations for slavery, addressing historical injustices and systemic impacts.

Top News · Apr 4, 2024

France's Descendants Address Slavery And Education History

Descendants in France unite to address historical ties to slavery through education and reconciliation efforts.

Top News · Apr 4, 2024

Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé dies aged 90

Guadeloupe-born author Maryse Condé, who best known for novels tackling the legacy of slavery and colonialism in Africa and the Caribbean, has died aged of 90.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 2, 2024

Friday briefing: One year on from the Guardian’s look at its historic connections to slavery

In today’s newsletter: What the Legacies of Engagement programme has achieved in its first year – and what’s still to do

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2024

It’s not unpatriotic to tell the whole truth about Britain and the end of slavery

The mooted memorial to the navy’s West Africa Squadron seems to be an attempt to rewrite history in a more favourable light, says writer Ella Sinclair

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

The Guardian appoints new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America, Africa and the UK, boosting its coverage of underreported communities

The new editorial roles form part of the Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement programme, marking one year since the publication of its report into the Guardian’s historical links with transatlantic slavery

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2024

A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth: is there a right way to remember slavery?

The long read: As the author of a book about a pivotal uprising in 18th-century Jamaica, Vincent Brown was enlisted in a campaign to make its leader a national hero. But when he arrived in Jamaica, he started to wonder what he had got himself into

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2024

Six in 10 in UK poll say descendants of enslaved people owed formal apology

Survey finds varying support for apology from government, firms that profited from slavery, and royal family

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2024

National monument honoring enslaved Black people set to open in Alabama

The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park and National Monument to Freedom will become the closest the U.S. has a national monument on slavery

Axios · Mar 23, 2024

Liverpool museum appeals for information on subject of The Black Boy

Sitter for William Lindsay Windus’s painting is rumoured to have stowed away on ship, possibly to escape slavery in US

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024