I was honoured to give one of the keynote speeches for African Remembrance Day, an annual event held on Emancipation Day (1st August), at the London Museum Docklands. The Slavery Abolition Act came into force across the British Empire 190 years ago to the day. This...
I was very pleased to help organise and participate in the inaugural UK Reparations Conference 2023. This conference brought together hundreds of grassroots activists from the international reparations movement for an energising and engaging discussion about pursuing...
I was honoured to chair a parliamentary panel put on by local law firm Leigh Day with the support of the APPG on African Reparations, with some eminent guests including Lord Anthony Gifford KC (Barrister and member of Jamaica’s National Council on Reparations), David...
I was drawn for my seventh PMQ so far in this Parliament. I called on Rishi Sunak to offer a formal government apology for Britain’s role in slavery and colonialism. He flat out refused, saying “no…trying to unpick our history is not the right way forwards”. But the...
I was invited to participate in a Cambridge Union debate on paying reparations, during which I called for action to address the injustices and inequalities that are the legacy of slavery and colonialism. These arguments reparations are often caricatured by the Right...
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