For years, the global recognition of slavery as a crime against humanity felt like an uphill battle.
But according to Joyce Bawa Mogtari, Presidential Advisor to President John Dramani Mahama, the global community’s alignment on this truth marks a profound “moral victory” that finally clears decades of historical hurdles.
The focus has now shifted from acknowledgement to action. As the African Union Champion for Reparations and Reparatory Justice,
President Mahama is framing the landmark United Nations resolution not just as a legal victory, but as a “pathway to healing” and a “safeguard against forgetting.”
According to Mogtari, President Mahama is broadening the scope of the conversation, linking the demand for reparative justice directly to the return of stolen African artifacts and securing a fairer share of natural resource wealth for the continent.
“Demanding reparations is one thing. What follows?” Mogtari noted, pointing to the complex questions currently facing scholars, historians, and policymakers.
The debate goes beyond monetary compensation. The current vision includes a formal acknowledgement preserved “in brick and memory through a museum that tells the story of slavery in the voices of the millions lost at sea, lost geographically, lost culturally, and those who still carry its weight today.”
With the global spotlight firmly on Ghana, President Mahama is currently hosting the High-Level Consultative Conference on the Next Steps to the Landmark United Nations Resolution on the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans to determine exactly how the world will address these structural inequalities head-on.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana