IF sorrow and condemnation could translate into cash, Africa would be trillions of dollars richer from slave trade, the cruel trade in human cargo, institutionalised by those who uprooted millions of Africans and sold them into forced labour around the world. There are no accurate figures but political historians estimate that “tens of millions” of […]

March 28, 2007 Dear Mr. President: Please permit me to congratulate you for the 50th Anniversary of Ghana’s independence from Great Britain which your people celebrated along with your well wishers. Allow me also to congratulate the people of Ghana and indeed Africa for the successful tenure of Kofi Annan as the immediate past Secretary General of the United Nations for two

The West African country of Ghana, (formerly known as Gold Coast), has commenced making restitution for past human rights abuses especially under the past military regimes of Jerry Rawlings, by making reparation payments ranging from $217 to $3,300, depending on the severity of abuse or violation, to about 2,000 Ghanaians. Ghana, now perceived as a

Corporate Slavery Reparations Case AppealedBlack Judge Steps Down! By Amadi Ajamu A lone Black Judge, Ann Claire Williams, sat on a panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit selected to hear oral arguments in the historic corporate slavery reparations case. Judge Williams had participated in hearing all the cases on

Dear Mr. President: It is a fact and well know that Africans sold their kit and kin into slavery to the white man – something that went on for over 400 years, give and take. As a Nigerian-American, I get that. It also took the conscience of white people to stop the practice. It is

Thomas Naadi BBC Africa, AccraHulton ArchiveThis sketch from the 1750s shows a ship used to transport enslaved Africans to the Americas The Danish government has apologized to Ghana for its role in the slave trade. Foreign Minister Anders Samuelson described it as a “sinful and unforgettable” part of human history that cannot be justified under