Resource hub presenting the life's work of the late Bernie Grant MP
The World Conference on Reparations to Africa and Africans in the Diaspora, Lagos Nigeria 1990 Although the Abuja Conference and its Proclamation is better known and commemorated, the event which facilitated it was the World Conference on Reparations to Africa and Africans in the Diaspora. Like the Abuja Conference, it was held in Nigeria and … Read more
First Pan African Conference on Reparations and the Abuja Declaration Abuja Proclamation In April 1993, The First Pan African Conference on Reparations was convened in Abuja, Nigeria. It was sponsored by the Group of Eminent Persons (GEP), the Commission for Reparations of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the Federal Government of Nigeria. The … Read more
African Reparations Movement UK The African Reparations Movement (ARM) UK served as the foremost national organisation for Reparations in Britain, and through its connection to the Organisation of African Unity, was the UK wing of the global movement for Reparations. Active from 1993 until Grant’s death in 2000, ARM had a unique structure and programme … Read more
Birmingham Conference on Reparations, ‘What Do Reparations Mean?’ Pargraph 1 De-briefing on preparatory conference on African reparations An important feature of the Birmingham Conference were the papers presented. In The Black Agenda for the Next Century: Rethinking the Past, Dr Patrick Wilmott articulated the urgent need for Reparations, in order to safeguard the future of … Read more
Early Day Motion and the House of Commons As Bernie Grant asserted in ‘Reparations or Bust!’, he had a unique role to play in fighting for Reparations as a Member of Parliament. One of the methods he deployed to utilise this position was to table an Early Day Motion welcoming the Abuja Proclamation. He did … Read more
Lord Gifford and the House of Lords Another leading figure in Britain’s Reparations Movement during the 1990s was Lord Anthony Gifford. In his capacity as a human rights and social justice lawyer, one of his major contributions was his publication, The Legal Basis of the Claim for Reparations. As the title describes, this work asserted … Read more
Controversy: Reparations and Repatriation In early October 1993, Bernie Grant was again the subject of press hysteria, when his statement on the question repatriation for Black and minoritised people in Britain, was misreported. On October 5th, The Voice newspaper ran an article entitled ‘MP Bernie Grant breaks taboo on Repatriation: ‘Take the Money and Run’. … Read more
The movement for African Reparations is a broad, longstanding, global movement. Reparations as a term is Latin in origin, meaning to ‘repair’ or ‘restore’. The movement for African Reparations therefore seeks justice for the crimes which have been committed against Africa, Africans and people of African descent over the last 500 years. Reparationists argue for … Read more
Resource hub presenting the life's work of the late Bernie Grant MP