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Completing The Emancipation Process Reparations and the Question Of Self-Repair Part One

The Context of the Reparations Struggle Haitians liberated themselves from chattel slavery and won their freedom on the battlefield. Haiti’s independence, formally declared on January 1, 1804, was no compromise. However that hard won independence was compromised over time by many forces: the economic and political isolation of the war-devastated country, betrayals by those whom …

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Lessons learnt from Garvey as Reparation talks continue

Facebook Event “What can the Caribbean Reparation Campaign learn from the Garvey Movement?” The question will be answered at the next installment of the Kwame Ture Memorial Lecture Series by Dr Rupert Lewis, Professor Emeritus of Political Thought in the Department of Government of the University of the West Indies, Mona. As Caricom strengthens its …

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Emancipation 2014 looks at Reparations

Stimulation of the Mind and Spirit. Chairman of the Emancipation Support Committee, Khafra Kambon has congratulated the Caribbean Community for its decision to call on Europe to pay reparations for Africanenslavement and native genocide. Speaking at the launch of the Emancipation festival 2014, which has as its theme “Reparation: Righting a Historical Wrong,” Mr. Kambon …

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