aafnet Slave Trade Enough Sorrow Time for Reparations IF sorrow and condemnation could translate into cash Africa would be trillions of dollars richer from slave trade the cruel trade in human cargo institutionalised by those who uprooted millions of Africans and sold them into forced labour around the world. There are no accurate figures but political historians estimate that tens of millions of Slave Trade Enough Sorrow Time for Reparations Read More Letter to His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor The President of Ghana March 28 2007 Dear Mr. President Please permit me to congratulate you for the 50thAnniversary of Ghanas independence fromGreat Britainwhich your people celebrated along with your well wishers. Allow me also to congratulate the people ofGhanaand indeedAfricafor the successful tenure of Kofi Annan as the immediate past Secretary General of the United Nations for two Letter to His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor The President of Ghana Read More Ghana Pays Reparation to Victims of Past Human Rights Abuses The West African country of Ghana formerly known as Gold Coast has commenced making restitution for past human rights abuses especially under the past military regimes of Jerry Rawlings by making reparation payments ranging from 217 to 3300 depending on the severity of abuse or violation to about 2000 Ghanaians.