Papers Presented at the World Conference on Reparations to Africa and Africans in the Diaspora
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This document is the address delivered by General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida at the 1990 World Conference on Reparations to Africa and Africans in the Diaspora in Lagos, outlining the historical impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade, colonialism, and neocolonialism on Africa. It is useful for understanding the reparations campaign’s historical context, illustrating the enduring economic, social, and cultural damage suffered by Africans, a key theme in Bernie Grant’s advocacy.
The World Conference’s report serves as valuable evidence of the efforts on the part of scholars, activists, governmental officials and politicians, to build an international coalition for African Reparations. It also reflects the coherency of the movement’s arguments, proposals and demands throughout the 1990s. Both this and the Abuja Conference also highlight the role of Nigeria and Chief Abiola in this era of Reparations organising. The report includes papers and speech notes from key figures in Reparations theorisation, such as Chief Abiola’s welcome address, an address by then-Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida, and papers by Professor S.E.N. Okoh, Richard Franklin, Professor Ade Ajayi, and Jamaican High Commissioner to Nigeria H.E. Dudley Thompson.
