@MissBrighterDays. Obviously would not want the leaders of this action to lose. But I seriously have doubts and think we may be putting the cart before the donkey, because if we don't have the infrastrucutres and appropirate leadership structues and structures to allow proper representation of people's views, we got plenty problems in the making.

For example, you can have people from the continent making financial claims for things which happend to people in the diaspora, who suffered the brunt of slavery and colonialism, dictators pushing these campaigns for their own benefit and a whole range of negative scenarios. Our great brother Wole Soyinka has written about the importance of these kinds of activities, but also the danger and the kinds of things we need first as a precondition.

We can see money abused and misused and going to things which bare no resemblance to our interests. When the Jews sought reparations, they already had a strong international infrastructure and national structures in every major country. Hence they could come to firm consensus on what the priorities should be, for money obtained in this manner.

Given that these type of claimse are in effect one off claims, any mistake made will damage us no end.


Fredconfused2