Posted in 2007, tagged abolition, reparations, slavery, transatlantic slave trade, trevor phillips on November 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Rumour has it that Sir Trevor the Younger (i.e.Phillips , not McDonald) has some funds to use for Legacy of the slave trade abolition.
Did this money come from banks? from the corporate sector?
And how much? Was it really for reparations? And what will it be used for?
And does that mean it was in the trillions [...]
Posted in Africa, Bristol, education, multiculturalism, windrush, tagged abolition, Bristol, british empire and commonwealth museum, multiculturalism on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a blow to the cultural “offer” of the city that the Commonwealth museum is moving to London. In it’s short time in Bristol it has hosted a wealth of exhibitions and events that have aimed to raise poignant questions for the whole city; for those born here and for those born elsewhere.
That said, there are also [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, media, slave trade, tagged abolition, Bristol, slave trade on November 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My reflection of the (so called) abolition year so far, is that I wonder how many sympathetic and unsympathetic people would admit to having ’slave trade fatigue’.
I say that because, even as a (hopefully) conscious proud African who takes very seriously the need for African history to be leant and African stories to be told, [...]
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