UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claims African nations should apologise for slavery, sparking backlash. Historians argue that the transatlantic slave trade was a European-driven system that enslaved Africans, not a partnership. Panashe Chigumadzi and Bayo Holsey stress that Africa was a victim, not a co-conspirator.
The demand for enslaved labour was created by European colonisers, leading to raiding and warfare in Africa. Reparations, experts say, should come from Western nations that profited from slavery and built wealth on the backs of the enslaved.
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