Shackles and Webs Author:Mary Nelson The bicentenary of the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Maafa has revealed a landscape of complex issues impacting on expectations and aspirations of all stakeholders. — Shackles and Webs uses narrative as a way to uncover them, confront the implications, and move on to start new journeys. — While new jou... more »rneys are being started there must be an appreciation of the benefits for all in reconnecting our diverse worlds with a new foundation, setting up joint enterprises with the lands that were a part of the old triangle. Then a rainbow will be able to shine through the dream, revealing a new structure that embraces equality, hope and freedom, transforming it into a reality.
It is of paramount importance those who profited in the past and continue to do so should play a major role in the development of this new structure. This should not be with a one off apology, but with sustainable opportunities for the lands and the descendants of those affected by the saga.« less