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Ghanaian President Accuses US of Erasing Black History

Ghana’s president has said US policies are “normalizing erasure” of black history, as he pushes at the UN for slavery to be recognized as a crime against humanity

Ghana seeks UN backing for slavery reparations resolution and global recognition of historic crime

Ghana is planning a UN resolution labeling the slave trade a crime against humanity, seeking reparations and the return of African artifacts

African lawyers urge global backing for UN resolution on slave trade

The Pan African Lawyers Union has called for global backing for Ghana’s UN resolution recognizing the slave trade as “gravest crime”