Reparations to Africa
"What is the just measure of Western obligations to Africa? As Africans and their supporters mark the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the United States and Great Britain, the question becomes increasingly salient. Calls for reparations for the evils of slavery, as well as for past colonial and current economic and political abuses, can be heard across Africa and the African diaspora." "Human rights scholar Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann examines these calls for redres…
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- Full title :Reparations to Africa / Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann ; with Anthony P. Lombardo.
Summary
"What is the just measure of Western obligations to Africa? As Africans and their supporters mark the two hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the United States and Great Britain, the question becomes increasingly salient. Calls for reparations for the evils of slavery, as well as for past colonial and current economic and political abuses, can be heard across Africa and the African diaspora." "Human rights scholar Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann examines these calls for redress in Reparations to Africa. Her study analyzes the reparations movement from the perspectives of law, philosophy, political science, and sociology. While acknowledging the brutal background of the slave trade and colonialism, and the mistreatment of the peoples of Africa, Howard-Hassmann finds that the complexity of this history, along with facts of the contemporary situation, weakens the case for financial compensation, although she does recommend acknowledgment of, and apologies for, some actions. The book not only provides a bold reckoning of the root causes, both internal and external, of African underdevelopment and unrest but also suggests alternative means for restorative justice and examines the role that institutions such as the International Criminal Court can play." "By including the voices of 74 African academics, diplomats, and activists interviewed by Howard-Hassmann and Anthony P. Lombardo, Reparations to Africa makes a valuable contribution to the reparations debate. In an emotionally and politically charged postcolonial environment, this book serves as a judicious guide to the search for economic justice for Africans today and into the future."--Jacket
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- Publication Date:©2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Pennsylvania Press
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia, PA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource ([ix], 257 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781512821734, 151282173X
- oclc:on1035158995
- LC Classification:K970
- Dewey Decimal:362.840096
Table of Contents
Reparations to Africa : a new kind of justice -- African voices -- Genesis of the reparations movement -- The social movement for reparations to Africa : comparison to Holocaust reparations -- Reparations for the slave trade : law and rhetoric -- Reparations for the slave trade : historical debates -- Reparations for colonialism -- Neocolonialism and globalization -- Postcolonial relations, postcolonial crimes -- Remedies : Acknowledgment and apologies -- Remedies : A truth commission for Africa? -- Remedies : Economic rights and universal obligations.
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