Call to join Africa Day conversations

This year, we are having conversations about Africa Day. These conversations will be via WhatsApp, Google Meet, Microsoft teams or Zoom between 4 and 25 May. The options are:

• Individual talks
• Small group indaba

You can also submit

• A recorded audio
• A recorded video
• A written essay or short piece

To participate and contribute, join us on this WhatsApp number +263774546260 or reply to this email. #BeHeard

The AU theme for 2025 is Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations. According to the AU, this initiative underscores the AU’s commitment to addressing historical injustices, including the trans-Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, apartheid, and genocide. It builds on decades of advocacy and collaboration, aiming to foster unity and establish mechanisms for reparatory justice on a global scale.
 The OAU and its predecessor the AU have been working towards reparations and justice for historical crimes against Africans and people of African descent since 1963. The AU has supported initiatives to advance justice and the payment of reparations to Africans, as well as the restitution of cultural artifacts and heritage pillaged during colonization and enslavement. The continental movement for reparations began with political activism by prominent politicians, including Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola of Nigeria. The First Pan-African Conference on Reparations, sponsored by the Group of Eminent Persons (GEP) and the OAU, was held in 1993, leading to the Abuja Proclamation on Reparations. This conference emphasized the importance of reparations, and the moral debt owed to African peoples.’ (AU, 2025).