Africa’s First Reparations Festival Opens in Nairobi with Calls for Truth, Justice and Renewal

Kenyan author and scholar Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor addresses delegates and members of the media during the opening of the Wakati Wetu Reparations Festival  in Nairobi, calling for truth and moral reckoning in Africa’s journey toward reparative justice. Africa’s first-ever continental reparations festival, Wakati Wetu (Swahili for Our Time), opened in Nairobi on Wednesday, bringing together…

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Africa’s First Reparations Festival to Debut in Nairobi

Illustration symbolising the upcoming Wakati Wetu Festival, Africa’s first reparations gathering set for Nairobi on October 22–23. African Futures Lab, Baraza Media Lab, the African Union’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) and Reform Initiatives today launched the Wakati Wetu Festival, Africa’s first reparations gathering, set to be held in Nairobi on October 22–23 to…

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