Caribbean needs British cash to defeat legacy of slavery
Countries are struggling with life expectancy, infant mortality and education which stunt economic growth
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December 2023
Repairing the Legacies of Indentureship in the Caribbean
Whenever you mention chattel slavery, put a comma and add indentureship. That’s all. Slavery and indentureship. Let us be together. You could not have indentureship without chattel slavery. The two are intimately entwined. They’re different in their form of unfree labour but they’re historically entwined.
To my mind, the most important part of reparations is acknowledging through scholarship and education the role of the empire in all our lives: Indian, African, Chinese, Irish and so on.
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The Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre: Post-Slavery Indentured Servitude and its Legacies
Our MISSION is to bring the Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean and elsewhere closer for intellectual discussions, unity, solidarity and empowerment weekly on one platform. Our VISION is to achieve a better understanding and appreciation of ourselves in seeking to create a diverse, just, equitable and non-discriminatory society in which Indo-Caribbeans and others thrive harmoniously with other ethnic groups. The forum was created, and is directed, by me, an academic and anthropologist, on the premise that Indians in the Diaspora are often marginal, or marginalised, in the mainstream media, and in formal discourses, and in public groups, organisations and institutions. This platform gives voice and visibility to this minority ethnic group in the region. It follows the Black Lives Matter movement with an objective to eradicate inequality, injustice, institutional discrimination and systemic racism.
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Towards Inclusive Reparatory Justice: Indian Indenture and the Guyana Experience
Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali made it clear that he supported reparations for both chattel slavery and indentured labourers. Indians support the plan because all or most of the points of the plan are inclusive of the indenture experience in Guyana, and the Caribbean.
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Breaking Boundaries: Milestones & Momentum at the Caribbean Reparations and Colonialism Symposium
The 8th Symposium on Contemporary Colonialism & Reparations in the Caribbean culminated in resounding success after five days of engaging discussions, workshops and impactful presentations held across various venues on Bonaire. The symposium brought together distinguished speakers, activists and stakeholders, fostering critical dialogue on pressing issues in the Caribbean region.
Mottley has a reparations bill for the UK
CARICOM’s most militant and outspoken head of government says she is taking the fight to Britain and other former European slave trading nations to make them pay reparations for the genocide and there is already a tabulated invoice on how much Britain at least owes her island nation in payments.
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The Indigenous Knowledge of The Garifuna
My hope is the affirmation of Indigenous leadership in a way that honours and respects that there are different ways of knowing and different ways of being.
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Ferdison Valmond appeals for greater inclusivity of Indigenous youth and protection of Indigenous lands at COP28
During his address at the High-Level Meeting of Heads of State globally on December 2, the Kalinago youth underscored the significance of young people’s involvement in these spaces, asserting that the younger generation is not merely the future but also the architects of the present.
