politics
March 28, 2026
UN Backs Ghana Slavery Resolution as Nkrumah Grandson Calls Reparations Fair and Just
The UN has adopted a resolution on slavery as a crime against humanity as the grandson of first Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah says reparations are fair and just.
TL;DR
- Kwame Nkrumah Melega, grandson of Ghana's first president, believes reparations for the transatlantic slave trade are "fair and just."
- Melega highlighted the need to learn from history and confront past injustices.
- He connected the slave trade to 500 years of exploitation in Africa and described neocolonialism as its continuation.
- Reparations could significantly benefit African countries and help address structural imbalances.
- The UN General Assembly adopted a Ghana-sponsored resolution calling the transatlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity."
- The resolution was supported by 123 countries, while the US, Israel, and Argentina opposed it, and 52 nations abstained.
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