THE BLACK ATLANTIC'S TRIPLE BURDEN, slavery, colonialism and reparations

564pp., paperback, Jacana, Johannesburg, 2024

ISBN: 9781431434572

Essays on five centuries of European-led slavery and colonialism in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, including calls for reparations in all three regions.

Contributions include:

"The Black Atlantic’s Triple Tragedies: Slavery, Colonialism, and Reparations" by Adekeye Adebajo

"Slavery in Southern Africa" by Butholezwe Mtombeni

"Colonialism in British Africa" by Samuel Igba

"Colonialism in Portuguese Africa" by Sandra Sousa

"Colonialism in German Africa" by Adam Blackler

"The Struggle for Reparations in Africa" by Adekeye Adebajo

"The Struggle for Reparations in Britain" by Nicola Frith and Esther Xosei.

“Sweeping across continents and centuries, this volume offers a deeply important collection of essays on the experiences and impacts of slavery and colonialism, as well as the possibilities and challenges of reparative justice. With its roster of some of the world’s finest and most distinguished scholars addressing these topics, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden should be required reading for academics and a general audience alike.” Caroline Elkins, author of Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire

“This book is of uniformly high quality scholarship and writing. It contains good variation in emphases and discusses a wide sweep of historical and contemporary issues surrounding enslavement and colonialism. The collection marks a significant increase in information, insights, and public conversation about the legacies of enslavement and colonialism authoritative scholars, many from or based in Africa. It is vital that we have books like this to provide concrete facts, concepts, and perspectives based on accumulated research. It is compelling reading." Professor Colin Samson, Essex University, UK 

Adekeye Adebajo is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS), University of Pretoria. His books include Global Africa, profiles in courage, creativity and cruelty; The Curse of Berlin: Africa after the Cold War and UN Peacekeeping in Africa.