Africa's Decade of Justice: Reparations, Narrative, and Sovereignty

I think the danger with the narrative of us now just pushing for reparations is the claim many people interpreted to be victims and we should be compensated. Now, that should not have happened to us, but it did. Yes? How do we move forward now in order to ensure that it doesn't happen again? Because whereas you are still crying for what happened, if you do not correct the things that actually led to those happenings, we are going to see it again. And when we talk about neocolonialism, it is a real thing. How many professionals, for instance, graduate and study in Africa and think the only way they can make it is through living Africa? How many of us? These are people that could stay and build Africa. Yes, if we keep on pushing the victim mentality, we only take from ourselves. Yes, you can demand for compensation, but it should not be the only thing that we are demanding out of this resolution. We should be able to move past it and build our capacity so that we are definitely invited to the table. And if we don't have a seat at the table, we can still create our own seats and move forward. Says Namugenyi