LIVESTREAMED: Traditional durbar and Juneteenth ceremonies at Christiansborg Castle

Juneteenth commemorations are underway at the historic Christiansborg Castle, Osu, featuring libation rites, wreath-laying ceremonies, a traditional durbar, and keynote addresses by leading Pan-African voices, including Julius Garvey and Al Sharpton.

The commemorations form a key feature of the High-Level Consultative Conference on the Next Steps of the United Nations Resolution on the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans, as political leaders, scholars, activists and members of the African diaspora gather in Accra to advance the global movement for reparations.

Held under the auspices of President John Dramani Mahama in his capacity as African Union Champion for Reparations, the conference has witnessed the establishment of an Advisory Council on Reparatory Justice, an Expert Panel on the Restitution of Cultural Artefacts, and a Panel of Legal Experts on Reparatory Justice key institutional mechanisms aimed at translating the growing global call for reparations into concrete action.

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