Dive Deeper

For racialised women, the materiality of gendered and sexual violence is embedded in histories of colonial violence.

Women were often at the centre of resistance in a variety of ways – as leaders, healers, nurturers, mothers … but there are also many instances where women found ways to engage in silent or lesser-known acts of resistance.

Chattel enslavement and the burden of production fell disproportionately on women. Therefore, I want to help to shape the review of the plan to ensure that fact is there and that there’s a specific demand for reparatory justice for what happened to women.

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We aim to promote creatives, support organisations/vendors, and build a vibrant international professional across the Caribbean community in these areas.

A second-generation West Indian, based in the UK, whose parents came from Antigua, Kofi’s career has been strongly associated with the Black UK arts movement. His creative perspective is very much African-centred through which the Black body becomes his muses as he explores traditional notions of Caribbean and African culture and its place in the historical narrative of the Diaspora.

Project Namescapes is a visual narrative project designed to raise awareness and prompt discussion about the histories, names, connections, stories and silences connected to the landscapes in Trinidad and Tobago.

Black History and Me is an organisation and brand based in the UK that aims to educate and inspire children and communities about Black history using poster designs.

Some of Rodney’s most important contributions to the Black Liberation Movement were his explication of, and mobilization against, oppression and exploitation emanating from the interrelations of imperialism, (neo)colonialism, and white supremacy. He understood colonialism to be a form of political rule that was one facet of the larger imperial process;

Climate change has had a significant impact on the Caribbean region, the effects of which have been exacerbated by the legacy of enslavement and colonialism.

However, those in the vineyard of Reparatory Justice should not be discouraged. Instead, they must use this as an opportunity to strengthen their movement’s philosophy, engage in activism, rally support from ordinary people and civil society through education, and continue to build a programmatic agenda.

The Repair Campaign is part of intensifying efforts to urge governments, institutions, organisations, and individuals to acknowledge their role in the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans. We are guided and endorsed by the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), a regional body committed to reconciliation and reparatory justice, and its 2014 Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice.