Tag: Slavery
News
It’s time for you to apologise to “the entire continent of Africa” for slave crimes – Akufo-Addo to European nations
President Akufo-Addo is calling for a formal apology and reparations from the Western world, condemning the inhumane treatment Africans endured during the slave trade....
World
Ghana’s president reiterates his demand for compensation for slavery
Ghana's President, Nana Akufo-Addo, is asking for African nations to be compensated for the wrongs done to them during the transatlantic slave trade. He...
World
Jamaicans demand Gladstone apologies for slavery
The family of former Prime Minister William Gladstone is being asked to give money to Jamaica as compensation for what their ancestor did during...
Entertainment
Let’s decolonize African mentality from slavery through films – Actress Akofa Edjeani
Film is essential in helping to decolonize African mentality, according to veteran actress Akofa Edjeani.The lasting impacts of colonialism and slavery, she claimed, may...
News
Africans need to break the shackles of impossibility mindset – Bawumia
Africans, according to Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, have long been stuck in an aura of impossibility.This, he said, was probably the result of...
History
How Carriacou escapees made history by risking their lives
When the Spanish Crown decreed in 1680 that an enslaved person would acquire their freedom when they accept the Catholic faith, many slaves dreamed...
World
The bleak world of trafficked children and modern slavery
Modern slavery. Domestic servitude. Trafficking. Exploitation. Whatever name you want to call it, increasing numbers of vulnerable people - many of them children -...
World
Enslaved African Chico Rei hid gold in his hair to raise funds to buy his freedom
Chico Rei is believed to have hailed from the West Central African Kingdom of Kongo. He was born in the early 1800s into the...
World
Kenyans petition Prince William over land evictions
A group of Kenyans have sought Prince William's help in getting reparations paid for what they say are human rights abuses committed and land...
History
How Oware was used by slaves in the Caribbean to plan their escape from plantations
Oware is considered the oldest Mancala board game in the world. Dating back centuries to ancient Africa, specifically the Ashanti tribe in Ghana, Mancala...