Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly did something long overdue. By a vote of 123 in favour, 3 against and 52 abstentions, it adopted resolution A/80/L.48, formally declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans “the gravest crime against humanity.” For Sierra Leoneans, this is not abstract history. Bunce Island, just off our coast, was one …
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