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Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Olivia Grange, has expressed the Jamaican government’s ongoing commitment to the cause of reparations for the Caribbean region. “The Government of Jamaica, as part of…
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Scholars from the Caribbean recently renewed their call for reparations in recompense for hundreds of years of native genocide and enslavement in the region. The calls were made during a recent virtual symposium to honour the life and work…
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STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN OF THE CARICOM REPARATIONS COMMISSION, SIR HILARY BECKLES, ON THE OBSERVATION OF JUNETEENTH As you, our African American compatriots, rise to recognise and celebrate the legal ending of the chattel bondage of…
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“Unfortunately, one cannot go back and remake the history but you can make atonement: it is not enough to make your apology as a public spectacle, it is not enough to present it as public relations exercise. It is not about public…
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London (CNN Business) Two major British companies have acknowledged their historic ties to the slave trade and pledged new financial support to black and minority ethnic communities. Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest…
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