The price of the past: Calls for reparations grow in Africa and Caribbean

Africa and Caribbean countries say they are still bearing its burden of slavery and colonialism.

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More than six decades after they were supposedly freed from the yoke of slavery and colonialism, Africa and Caribbean countries say they are still bearing its burden.

This is a telling scar for both regions, which have a traditional cultural connection because they were both victims of the two vices.