The Fight for Reparation

Today's episode is about a conversation for Reparation and the fight for justice.

As we witness the historical change that is about to take place in Great Britain this weekend. “The crowning of King Charles lll” something, we have not witnessed in 70 years.

We remember, hundreds of thousands of Africans that were enslaved under centuries of British rule. This is actually viewed as an insult of history to many. Some would say it is time to move pass the monarchy, therefore it is also time we address the issue of an apology and reparation.

Jamaica is pushing to remove King Charles lll as head of state by 2025. (We ask, will the other Caribbean nations do the same?)

Meet Dorbrene O’Marde who is the chairperson of the Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission, the mandate being to: ‘organize activities to include education and awareness programmers concerning reparations for the enslavement of our ancestors…’

He is one of three vice-presidents of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, which represents fourteen islands of the Caribbean, maintaining a regional approach to the reparations claim on Great Britain and Europe for the crimes of the slave trade, slavery, and the genocide of indigenous African peoples and their Afro-Caribbean descendants.

Dorbrene is a graduate of The University of the West Indies and the University of Toronto. He is a playwright, director and producer of theatre and music. He is also a calypso writer and judge and a published author. He was awarded the Sunshine Award ‘Friends of the Arts’ for his commitment to creativity and his consistent calls for the crafting and development of cultural policies and programs. 

CARICOM website: www. caricom.org

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