Mahama calls transatlantic slave trade humanity’s gravest crime, urges reparatory justice during Jamaica visit

President John Dramani Mahama has described the transatlantic slave trade and the racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as "the gravest crime committed against humanity", urging the international community to confront the legacy of slavery through historical truth, justice and accountability.

Mahama referenced what he described as a recent United Nations declaration that the transatlantic slave trade and the racialised chattel enslavement of Africans constituted "the gravest crime committed to humanity", arguing that the effects of slavery continue to shape global inequalities long after its formal abolition.

Hope that our future generations will inherit a world in which historical truth is acknowledged, human dignity is upheld, and justice becomes the foundation for a lasting and free civilisation.