“King Charles’ “sorrow and regret” are meaningless unless they are linked with formal apology and reparations for historical crimes”, This Is Africa, November 6, 2024:
“King Charles’ “sorrow and regret” are meaningless unless they are linked with formal apology and reparations for historical crimes Africans Rising takes note of the visit of the British Monarch, King Charles III to Kenya in his first trip to Africa since ascending the throne. In his remarks, the King is reported to have expressed his “deep regret and sorrow” about the crimes committed against African people by his country. It must be made clear to the King that his expression of regret is totally meaningless without a formal apology and payment of reparations for those crimes that he admits were committed, namely slavery, colonialism and neo-colonialism.
Kenya was one of the places where the brutality and violence of British colonial crimes in Africa manifested quite glaringly. We remember the suppression of the Mau Mau movement in Kenya, a freedom-seeking organization that fought against the oppressive and violent occupation of their land. But this was neither isolated in its occurrence nor exceptional in its brutality.
For hundreds of years, the British colonial empire exploited, pillaged our lands, raped our women, killed our children and dehumanized our peoples both in and out of Africa. The horrors of slavery and its enduring legacy in the institutions, structures and systems at the local and global levels are a constant reminder of the historical crimes of empire…..”
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