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

As Africa Month commemorations begin across the continent, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has renewed calls for ...

Pope Leo XIV visited a historic Angolan shrine once tied to the trans-Atlantic slave trade on Sunday, recalling the “sorrow and great suffering” endured by generations of Africans. His remarks come ...

A special committee of the African Union and Caribbean Community, together representing 75 countries, endorsed the demand that European states should pay reparations for “historical mass crimes.” ...

Slavery and South African historiography / Fred Morton -- Tower of Babel : the slave trade and creolization at the Cape, 1652-1834 / Robert C.-H. Shell -- Drosters of the Bokkeveld and the Roggeveld, ...

Slavery in the context of ideology / Paul E. Lovejoy -- Lineages, ideology, and the history of slavery in western Central Africa / Joseph C. Miller -- The social context of slavery in equatorial ...

African leaders are drawing on the painful history of slavery and colonialism to confront modern forms of exploitation. And as 2025 comes to a close, the lessons from addressing past injustices reveal ...

Who are we looking for, who are we looking for? It's Equiano we're looking for. Has he gone to the stream? Let him come back. Has he gone to the farm? Let him return. It's Equiano we're looking for. - ...

For a South African victim of human trafficking, this was the endgame. On a freezing night last July, Sindiswa, 17, lay curled in a fetal position in bed No. 7 of a state-run hospice in central ...