In 1992, at a summit meeting of the Organization of African (OAU), the Heads of State of Africa appointed Ali A. Mazrui and eleven others to constitute a Group of Eminent Persons to explore the modalities and logistics of a campaign for Black reparations world-wide.

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The Group elects as chair Chief Moshood K.O. Abiola; as co-chair Professor Mahtar M’Bow, former Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and as Rapporteur-General Ambassador Dudley Thompson, Q.C., Jamaican jurist and diplomat. The Nigerian Government under President Babangida promises a preliminary budget of one half million dollars.

 

Reference: http://events.cornell.edu/event/Celebration_of_Dr_Ali_A_Mazrui

https://journals.openedition.org/etudesafricaines/4543

See also Ali A. Mazrui, Global Africa: From Abolitionists to Reparationists,African Studies Review, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Cambridge University Press Dec. 1994) (URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/524900)

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