Introduction to Reparation for Secondary Schools - Softcover

Verene A. Shepherd (author)|Gabrielle D.L. Hemmings (author)

 
9789766408664: Introduction to Reparation for Secondary Schools
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9766408661 ISBN 13: 9789766408664
Publisher: The University of the West Indies Press, 2021

Synopsis

No study of Caribbean history can be complete without an examination and appreciation of the topic of reparation. The opposition to reparation by former colonial powers and others, though, means that the demand for it is an ongoing struggle. Reparation, however, is the final link required to close the circle which began with two of the worst crimes in human history (indigenous genocide and chattel slavery) and must end with atonement and restitution by the perpetrators on the one hand, and redemption for the descendants of the victims on the other. Otherwise, there can be no true peace. As reggae singer Peter Tosh declared, “Everyone is crying out for peace, no one is crying out for justice. . . . I need equal rights and justice.”

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About the Author

Verene A. Shepherd is a social historian and director of the Centre for Reparation Research, the University of the West Indies. Her many publications include Caribbean Slavery in the Atlantic World (co-edited with Hilary McD. Beckles) and Maharani’s Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India to the Caribbean.Gabrielle D.L. Hemmings is a graduate student at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, and former research assistant at the Centre for Reparation Research, the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

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Publisher
The University of the West Indies Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9766408661
ISBN 13 
9789766408664
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
120