Barbara Blake-Hannah

Aug 23, 2023 | theguardian.com | Maya Wolfe-Robinson with |Katharine Viner |Barbara Blake-Hannah |Laleta Davis-Mattis |Fatuma Khaireh |Nicole Jackson

More ways to listen Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify RSS Feed Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Revisited: In the final episode of the series, Cotton Capital editor and Guardian journalist Maya Wolfe-Robinson looks at the subject of reparations.

May 4, 2023 | theguardian.com | Barbara Blake-Hannah

“Enough is enough.” Those were the words of Rastafari Ras Iyah V, former chair of the Nyabinghi administrative council, after the death of Queen Elizabeth. Why had Jamaica declared a 12-day period of mourning for someone who was such a reminder of British exploitation of African ancestors?

Mar 31, 2023 | theguardian.com | Barbara Blake-Hannah

In countries touched by European colonialism, the subjects of enslavement and reparations suddenly seem to be on the agenda. This week, the Guardian stepped forward to publish its thorough investigation into the publication’s beginnings in, and connections with, slavery. In February, the former BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan travelled to Grenada to apologise for her family having owned 1,000 enslaved Africans there, and donate £100,000 to establish education projects on the island.

Mar 13, 2023 | inews.co.uk | Barbara Blake-Hannah

King Charles III’s Commonwealth Day speech will have been listened to keenly by Jamaicans, who have increasingly debated the British monarch’s position as Commonwealth head in recent years. Breaking with tradition, he delivered his address in person at Westminster Abbey, with a focus on climate change and the importance of free and democratic societies.

Jan 18, 2023 | theguardian.com | Barbara Blake-Hannah

Britain, take note. A post-Elizabethan era is taking shape here in Jamaica. And it looks like a republic. “The government will be moving with haste and alacrity towards transforming Jamaica into a republic,” , Andrew Holness, on Monday. “Please move ahead with speed,” he urged his minister of constitutional affairs. If there are obstacles, the government will do whatever it takes. But then, the signs have long been there. Little or no notice was taken in Jamaica of the Queen’s jubilee last year.