The conclusion of the Forum on Reparative Justice & Colonial Accountability in Geneva marked the birth of a formidable new ...

The last few years have seen a revival of the debate over reparations for slavery and its aftermath in the United States. Despite renewed interest in the topic and the aftermath of the racial ...

As the United Nations recognises the transatlantic slave trade as a crime and calls for reparations, a growing ‘global diasporic movement’ is pushing for action ...

Some African elites benefited from slave trade and colonisation. This must be taken into account in reparation debates.

African and Caribbean nations want countries which benefited from slavery to pay compensation but it will not be ...

FirstRepair, an Evanston-based nonprofit reparations organization, is hosting its fifth annual National Symposium for State and Local Reparations with the National African American Reparations ...

Walking on the National Mall in Washington D.C. several weeks ago, I encountered one of the few things that come close to making me feel ashamed to be an American. It was Saturday, August 17th, and ...

A delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reparations commission is in the UK for a “historic” first official visit for reparations talks. The Caricom Reparations Commission (CRC) will meet ...

During a lull one afternoon when I was a high school student selling Black Panther Party newspapers on the streets of downtown Washington, D.C., in 1971, I sat down on the curb and opened the tabloid ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several African countries have erected memorials to the victims of slavery, such as this statue in Senegal [AFP via Getty Images] ...