African and Caribbean leaders have agreed on a joint push for slavery reparations after a three-day meeting in Ghana, building on a recent United Nations vote that called the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.
According to Reuters, the plan is meant to bring a more coordinated approach to demands for accountability, apology, and repair.
“None of us gathered in this hall today can be held personally responsible for the atrocities of the transatlantic slave trade,” Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama told delegates. “History does not ask us to inherit guilt, but it asks us to inherit responsibility.”
While the framework does not set a dollar amount, it lays out a broader roadmap that includes…