The conversation on the subject of slavery and slave trade as well as the possible compensation for the heinous crime cannot ever end. The descendants of the perpetrators will not agree and the prospective beneficiaries will not give up. Ghana President Nana Akufo-Ado revived the subject last week, bringing it to the front burner at…The conversation on the subject of slavery and slave trade as well as the possible compensation for the heinous crime cannot ever end.
He spoke of widespread terrorist activities in the Sahel which have put serious strain on West African countries. “Several countries in the region have lost vast stretches of territory to the rampaging terrorists. We are convinced that the conflicts that continue to plague our continent and our region, in particular would be more satisfactorily resolved if the international community was to support, not undermine, the efforts of our regional and continental organisations to deal with them.
And now on slave trade. President Akufo-Ado said eloquently that the time has come “to acknowledge openly that much of Europe and the United States have been built from the vast wealth harvested from the sweat, tears, blood and horrors of the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the centuries of colonial exploitation.
Two races have stood out as the most persecuted in history. They are the Blacks and the Jews. The persecution still goes on till this day, even if it has abated to some extent. In the 17th century, Africans were pursued breathlessly, captured and bundled into waiting vessels of slavery. They became wares displayed for sale in open markets. The buyers went round, inspected their “commodities” and haggled on the prices to pay.
A case of let-bygone be bygone may be difficult to make when the enormity of the crime is considered, and also when it is considered that while interactions among nations may have improved, the Blacks appear to be in the comity of nations on sufferance. This is despite the fact that the Black has demonstrated the capability in practically all fields of human endeavour.
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