CIAO DATE: 11/2008

Moral Integrity and Reparations to Africa

January 2002

Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University

Abstract

This paper presents some very preliminary thoughts on reparations due to Sub-Saharan Africa, including acknowledgment, apology, and financial compensation.2 I am a political sociologist, a specialist in international human rights with a background in African studies. Focusing on the factual history of Africa, I consider the possibility of arguing a case for Western compensation for racial discrimination. I also consider the case for acknowledgment, apology and compensation drawn from the need to recognize the moral integrity of Africans.

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