BAFD 3500

This course offers a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted perspectives and debates surrounding reparative justice for transatlantic slavery, colonialism, and their enduring legacies. Through a thorough examination of case studies from regions like Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, Brazil, England, and Colombia, students will gain insight into a variety of reparations views. The politics of reparations is a critical dimension in the theorization of demands for justice against the crimes committed against people of African descent. Moreover, the course delves into the essential nature of this claim for reparations, which has become a crucial topic in political spheres worldwide, extending beyond the borders of the global south and finding a place in venues like the House of Commons in London, England, and various political arenas in the United States.