Join us at this event where we will analyse a debate on 'The West Should Pay Reparations for Slavery' on Saturday 6 June 2026 at 11:00 GMT at The Black Cultural Centre Islington. More info + to book, go to https://t.co/HKpOKZmc7U #reparations
Stephen Golding and The Repair Campaign team visited Ethiopian Orthodox Holy Trinity Basic School, Marcus Garvey Basic School, and Seaview Gardens Primary School, reading from Daddy Marcus — Golding’s vibrant reimagining of classic nursery rhymes through African and Caribbean historical figures.
https://t.co/bOcomqr8io
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"The summit will also prepare the region for ensuring the #reparations issue is on the agendas of both the September CARICOM-African Union (AU) Summit and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Antigua and Barbuda in November…"
- Earl Bousquet
NEW: St Vincent and The Grenadines’ new Prime Minister calls for indigenous language to be taught in schools. 📚🇻🇨✏️
Garifuna language recognition is gaining momentum, as PM pushes for younger generations with Afro-indigenous identity & heritage.
https://t.co/TrrNDZaMFD
Pierre Guillon de Prince believed to be first in France to formally apologise for ancestors’ connections to slavery
Via: @guardian
https://t.co/3wUVU2oJgc
@CatarinaDemony Grateful to see this first step towards historical truth telling, and we look forward to the ongoing reparatory initiatives that will follow. 🙏
NEW: A man in his 80s on Saturday issued what is believed to be the first formal apology by someone in France for their family's role in transatlantic slavery, saying he hoped others - including the government- would follow https://t.co/fBKRh00ups
À Nantes, un mât de la Fraternité est inauguré samedi dans l'ancien principal port négrier de France. Haut de 18 mètres, il symbolise les navires qui déportaient les captifs africains vers les colonies du Nouveau Monde.
https://t.co/udmOuLKWXl
“As the first descendant of French slave owners to publicly expose this history I have had the opportunity to engage in dialogue with descendants of enslaved people…together we have created educational & symbolic projects to promote restorative justice"
-Pierre Guillon de Princé
A historic first took place today in Nantes, France, when the descendant of a French enslaver, Pierre Guillon de Princé, apologised for his ancestors’ role in chattel slavery in the Caribbean, at the launch of the symbolic Mast of Fraternity built by La Coque Nomade-Fraternité.
A historic first took place today in Nantes, France, when the descendant of a French enslaver, Pierre Guillon de Princé, apologised for his ancestors’ role in chattel slavery in the Caribbean, at the launch of the symbolic Mast of Fraternity built by La Coque Nomade-Fraternité.