Who Owes Africa? The Global Reparations Debate { Africanews Debates }

Should the world pay Africa for the transatlantic slave trade? As global conversations on slavery reparations, historical justice, and accountability gain momentum at the United Nations, Africanews brings you a powerful live debate unpacking one of the most controversial issues of our time. In this episode of Africanews Debates, we explore the urgent question: Who owes Africa for the transatlantic slave trade, and what would justice actually look like today? From financial compensation to formal apologies, policy reforms, and cultural restitution, the call for reparations is growing louder across Africa and the diaspora. But is it realistic? Who should pay? And can centuries of injustice ever truly be repaired?