The Church of England aims to raise more than £1 billion to address its past links to slavery
London, UK AP The Church of England should create a fund of £1 billion to address its historic links to slavery, an advisory panel said Monday. That’s 10 times the amount the church previously set aside. An independent oversight group established by the church said a £100 million fund announced last year was insufficient compared to […]
In the UK, Bristol Cathedral grapples with community’s links to historic slave trade
Norwich, UK Discovering that more than 200 people buried or memorialised within Bristol Cathedral and its grounds were connected to the slave trade has resulted in the commencement of a major consultation process. All God’s Children is a new exhibition exploring the Church of England cathedral’s connection to slavery as well as seeking views and […]
How an English slave trader’s statue became a monument for racial justice
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The statue of a 17th century English slave trader toppled by anti-racism protestors in June was replaced on Wednesday by the sculpture of a Black protester with her fist raised in the air. A monument to Edward Colston, who made a fortune trading West African slaves, was pulled down and pushed in the harbour […]
What should replace America’s Confederate statues?
Washington DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation As protesters fell monuments honouring slave owners, Confederates and disgraced white leaders of decades past, their downfall opens a debate over who should rise up to take their place. The United States had at least 780 Confederate monuments as of last year, according to a study by the Southern Poverty […]
Find better ways to depict history, says South African #RhodesMustFall activist
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Countries must find more creative ways to depict their history than statues that glorify racists and colonialists, a founder of South Africa’s successful Rhodes Must Fall movement said on Thursday. A wave of anti-racism protests sweeping across the United States and Europe has reignited debate about monuments that glorify countries’ imperialist […]
Essay: Statues are just the start – the UK is peppered with slavery heritage
In an article first published on The Conversation, SOPHIE CAMPBELL, a PHD researcher at the University of Nottingham, wonders how the heritage sector in the UK will respond in light of the Black Lives Matter movement…
Toppling of UK statue fuels debate on monuments to slave traders
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Anti-racism protesters who tore down a statue honouring a slave trader in a British port city have fuelled a hot global debate over how to deal with monuments to historic figures who profited from enslaving African people. The toppling of the statue of Edward Colston, who made a fortune in the […]