American Grammy award winning singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin under a recent law granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people.
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NIGERIA: Fourth Door Of Return Holds In Lagos OCTOBER 21
Badagry, an ancient city in Lagos State, Nigeria will host hundreds of diaspora Africans including Dr. Julius Marcus-Garvey to a historical, spiritual and economic event tagged ‘Fourth Door of Return’.
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UK: King Charles Approves Research On The Monarchy’s Slavery Ties
King Charles has for the first time signaled his support for research into the British monarchy’s historical links with transatlantic slavery, after the emergence of a document showing a predecessor’s stake in a slave-trading company.
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UK: The Guardian’s Owner Apologises For Profiting From Slave Trade
The Scott Trust, the founding owners of the worldwide newspaper title, The Guardian has issued an apology for the role the newspaper’s founders in transatlantic slavery and announced a decade-long programme of restorative justice.
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GHANA: President Akufo-Addo Joins Call For Reparations
Ghana President Akufo-Addo contrasts lack of reparations for enslavement to the awarding of reparations for other atrocities
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BARBADOS: Nation To Build Transatlantic Slavery Museum
On the heels of being a republic, Barbados is to build a transatlantic slavery museum in honour of thousands of their African ancestors who died during the slave trade.
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