Episode 63: Reparation for Africa & African Descendants with Dr. Makini Chisolm-Straker

The topic for this week’s episode is “Reparation for Africa and African Descendants: Confronting History and Seeking Justice”. Our guest is Dr. Makini Chisolm-Straker, a New York-based medical academic, practitioner and activist. Makini provides a rich insight into the current surge in the campaign for reparation. She reveals the double standard in the kick-back against reparation citing reparations paid to White slave owners in America following abolition of slave trade as well as reparations paid to victims of the holocaust amongst many others. But more so, she prioritises policy reparation (that offers long term benefits) over financial compensation.