From 1863 to the early 20th century, over 62,000 Torres Strait Islander men, women, and children were uprooted from their ...

blackbirding and their enduring effects, agreed that the time has come for a meaningful, truthful and respectful conversation towards forging a common future based on equity. On October 28, 2024 the ...

I remember a famous Fijian folk song titled “Lei Tei Dalo Ko Tamaqu” that we would sing to distressed babies or use as a ...

The joint declaration also addressed the matter of “blackbirding”, a term referring to people deceived, coerced, or kidnapped to work on plantations as the feeling that former slave-trading ...

Whilst this issue has been driven by African and Caribbean states, it is one that touches the Pacific as well. South Sea Islander “blackbirding” is one of the colonial practices that will be ...

While officiating at the 160th-anniversary celebration of the Melanesian community in Suva, Rabuka states that the Melanesian ...

The Commonwealth members selected Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as the group's new secretary-general. Botchwey, a supporter of reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism, takes over from Britain ...

It states many Commonwealth countries share "common historical experiences" relating to the "enduring effects" of the slave trade, Indigenous dispossession and blackbirding. The UK has ruled out ...

The statement also made reference to “blackbirding”, a term for people from places including the Pacific Islands being deceived, coerced or kidnapped to work on plantations in Australia and ...