• What now?

  • Dec 15 2023
  • Length: 39 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • In this final episode of Heirs of Enslavement, Clive Lewis and Laura Trevelyan are reflecting on everything they’ve learned, and asking, what will happen next? Will a British government face up to the case for reparations? And if not, what could happen instead?


    They speak to Financial Times columnist Stephen Bush, lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie and Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell about the outlook for an agreement between the Caribbean and the United Kingdom. Plus, they hear from businessman Denis O’Brien about some of the progress being made in the West Indies. 


    Clive and Laura’s reading list:

    Britain’s Black Debt by Hilary McD. Beckles

    The First Black Slave Society by Hilary McD. Beckles

    How Britain Underdeveloped the Caribbean by Hilary McD. Beckles

    Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams

    Junior History of Grenada by Dr. Nicole Phillip-Dowe

    The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings by Olaudah Equiano

    Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera

    Slave Empire by Padraic. X. Scanlan

    Uncommon Wealth by Kojo Koram

    Legacy of Violence by Caroline Elkins

    Paradise and Plantation by Ian Gregory Strachan

    Beyond a Boundary by C. L. James

    A to Z of Grenada Heritage by John Angus Martin

    African Europeans by Olivette Otele

    A Short History of Slavery by James Walvin

    The Case for Reparations (article in The Atlantic) by Ta-Nehisi Coates


    Producer: Rosie Stopher

    Production support: Edwin Frank

    Production Manager: Flick Heath

    Original music: Andre Greenidge

    Score and artwork: Sena Verdi

    Sound design: Airaphon


    This is a Persephonica Production.



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