#ReparationsFriday: The global reparations movement has made strides in recognizing the Transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity. But as Eunice Odhiambo @malkia_kadzo, Reparations Officer at Africans Rising, reminds us, this is only part of the story. Millions of Africans were also trafficked through the Trans‑Saharan, Indian Ocean, and Portuguese‑dominated routes, with devastating impacts that remain largely invisible today. Why does it matter? The Cost of Silence When these histories are neglected, communities like the Siddis in India/Pakistan, the Zanj descendants in the Gulf, and Frere Town descendants in Kenya are denied visibility. Silence creates hierarchies of suffering and erodes solidarity across African and diasporic communities. Reparations must be inclusive, differentiated, and rooted in lived experiences, from the plantation economies of the Atlantic to the assimilation systems of the Indian Ocean and the caravan routes of the Sahara. We love the acknowledgement. Now we call for action! #ReparationsNOW #AfricansRising Read the full blog: africansrising.org/ensuring-…

Thread: 1/4 The #DecadeOfReparations (2026–2036) has begun! This week, from the U.S. House to the halls of the AU in Addis, the demand for justice is undeniable. We aren't just asking for compensation; we are demanding healing. ✊🏾 #ReparationsFriday #AfricansRising

Happening Now: Virtual Book Reading and Feminist Dialogue. @candybaibe170, @AfroBorderless campaign lead: "We're just finalizing the African languages week, which is quite significant within the continent, because then we are giving prominence and priority to our African languages. And for us, this is very critical because we are not just saying that we want reparations. We continue to have these conversations because they matter. We are making sure that people don't forget reparations" #ReparationsNOW #ReparationsFriday #AfricansRising x.com/i/broadcasts/1aKbdbdAp…

#ReparationsFriday: As we come to the climax of the African Languages Week, join us today at 4pm EAT/1pm GMT for the virtual book reading of Yaa Gyasi's book Homegoing, that beautifully and creativity documents Africa's painful past. This will be followed by a feminist dialogue that places African women in the middle of the continents struggle for liberation and reparative justice. Register here; us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… #AfricansRising #ReparationsNOW

The struggle for #Reparations is not about the past alone. It is about restoring dignity, truth, and futures stolen from African people across continents. 🖤✊🏿 Sungu Oyoo @Sungu_Oyoo asserts that slavery abroad was colonialism at home. The plantation and the colony were one system of theft. Reparations aren’t a favor. They’re overdue justice. Otieno Ombok @otieno_ombok says, “Africans were never ‘backward’.” From Kush to Nubia and Benin. African great civilizations thrived long before Europe. Enslavement was about weapons and greed, not superiority. Prof. Alfa Dallo delves into the struggle for reparations in Brazil being not just one act, but a process. Justice must restore dignity across continents and generations. #ReparationsNOW #AfricansRising #ReparationsFriday

This should be publicized wide in Europe and America. Some families there still have some of these artifacts forcefully taken from Africa sitting in their homes. A channel should be created to make it easy for such to be returned. #ReparationsNow #reparationsfriday

Join the conversation: What do you think should be restored to African communities? Do you know of a language, ritual, or practice that has been lost? Tag someone who’s working to restore African culture. #ReparationsFriday #ReparationsNOW #AfricansRising

This #ReparationsFriday let's talk CULTURAL REPARATIONS: Restoring What Was Stolen Reparations are not just about money. It’s also about restoring our soul as a people. #ReparationsNow #AfricansRising

Reparations Is Not Just About Money: A Call to Reimagine Justice #ReparationsFriday | June 26, 2025 When the call for reparations to Africans and people of African descent is raised in global forums, parliaments, classrooms, in communities or on the streets, it is often met with a single, simplified response: “What is the estimated cost? How much money are we getting?” This reductionist view misses the core of what reparations actually mean to those who have endured centuries of deliberate and coordinated harm. Reparations is not merely a transactional settlement. It is a deeply transformational process; one that must confront and repair the Historical, Spiritual, Cultural, Economic, and Psychological wounds inflicted by slavery and slave trade, colonialism, apartheid, and their modern-day manifestations. Reparations must include: 1. Land and sovereignty 2. Historical and educational justice 3. Language and cultural revival 4. Healing and memorialization 5. Cultural and spiritual restoration 6. Structural reforms 7. Financial compensation Reparations is not aid. It is not pity. It is justice owed. This Reparations Thursday we ask: 1. What does reparations look like for YOU? 2. How do you envision repair? 3. What stories do your people carry that the world must hear? Share your reflections using the hashtag #ReparationsFriday. Justice is not a favour. Reparations is not optional. The time to repair is now. Sign the petitions in support of this campaign: africansrising.org/rerighthi… #ReparationsNow #AfricansRising

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It’s officially Saturday but reparations are important every day, so for #reparationsfriday let’s help get these families the support they need!

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Grateful for @theraglandpage and @ForReparations work to make all communities, communities @forpeace #reparationssunday #reparationssaturday #reparationsfriday #Reparations2020

Maxine Waters to ‘SOB’ Trump: ‘We Don’t Take Sh*t from Nobody’ “But...... We take every damn dime of that tax money that we fit-nuh get. White guilt = payday, buncha dumb honkies.” 😏 #ReparationsFriday breitbart.com/politics/2019/…

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