Esther Xosei: Afrikan Reparations, Restitution & Access to Information

In this presentation, Esther contextualises the issues we will be engaging with throughout the course of the symposium within the frame of historical and contemporary reparations activism and ongoing work surrounding the restitution of cultural artefacts held in European museums.

About Esther Xosei:

Esther Xosei is a leading UK Reparations campaigner, Jurisconsult, Community Advocate & Educator. She is an 'ourstorian' of the International Social Movement for Afrikan Reparations (ISMAR), of which she has been a key part. ISMAR is global, grassroots, people-led, and composed of various individuals, groups, organisations, campaigns, and strategies, all working towards reparatory justice. ISMAR played a pivotal role in establishing the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations (APPGAR) in 2021.

ISMAR is demanding that the UK government establish an All-Party Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry for Truth and Reparatory Justice (APPCITARJ) to commit to holistic reparations. This would consider various proposals under the UN guidelines and principles on the right to remedy and reparations. This call has been made by the Stop the Maangamizi We Charge Genocide/Ecocide Campaign (SMWeCGEC), an ISMAR tool mobilising Afrikan People’s Power to pressure the British Houses of Parliament to establish the APPCITARJ and to advance dialogue from the ground with the British State and society on Reparatory Justice.