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Toronto’s Downtown Heart Gets New Name with Deep African Roots
One of Toronto's most recognizable public spaces will officially become Sankofa Square tomorrow, leaving behind a name tied to slavery's dark history.
The former Yonge-Dundas...
Ghana’s PANAFEST Seminar Intensifies Calls for Slavery Reparations
The 17th Pan African Festival (PANAFEST) seminar concluded in Tamale with prominent voices demanding reparations for Africans and their descendants impacted by the transatlantic...
From Independence … To Freedom Or Slavery
On the 6th of March 1957 when we gained our independence, we believed that we had won everlasting freedom from foreign oppressors. Consequently, we...
Revamped global efforts to end modern slavery and human trafficking
Despite worldwide consensus to eradicate human trafficking and modern slavery, it is widely believed that not enough is being done internationally to respond to...
UK “Illegal Migration Bill” Exacerbates Risks for Survivors of Modern Slavery – IOM
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply concerned by the recently proposed changes to the modern slavery protection system in the United Kingdom...
