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"Reparations: The Colonial Debt" to Premiere in Bamako on 16 August 2025
Weaving archival evidence, expert testimony, and contemporary analysis, the documentary catalogs and examines the exerted on African nations today. The film features contributions from renowned scholars and public intellectuals, including (Côte d'Ivoire), professor of history and Pan-African studies, and ( Mali ), sociologist and writer.
" " says , Malian researcher, underscoring the film's central thesis and call to action.
Traoré highlights the long tail of exploitation with a stark example:
"One of the most frightening illustrations of colonialism is the fate of the ," she notes, pointing to a legacy that still shapes governance, economies, and public welfare across the continent.
Despite varied academic and professional backgrounds, the film's experts are : reparations are essential to and to enable Africa to on the global stage. By documenting both past atrocities and present-day inequities, positions reparative justice not as a symbolic gesture, but as for centuries of extractive policies.
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