Africa Reparations Movement (UK)
Scope and Contents
This collection is held offsite - please give a week's notice in order that we can retrieve it. The collection consists of meeting minutes and papers, correspondence The Africa Reparations Movement (ARM UK) was set up by Bernie Grant as a result of a the Conference on Reparations held in Nigeria in 1993 with the aim of seeking reparations for the harm done to Africa and the African diaspora through enslavement, colonisation, and racism. The UK branch of ARM came into being in December 1993 at a well attended conference sponsored by The Voice.
Dates
- Creation: 1995-1996
Biographical / Historical
The Africa Reparations Movement (ARM UK) was set up by Bernie Grant as a result of a the Conference on Reparations held in Nigeria in 1993 with the aim of seeking reparations for the harm done to Africa and the African diaspora through enslavement, colonisation, and racism. The UK branch of ARM came into being in December 1993 at a well attended conference sponsored by The Voice. The management committee consisted of Bernie Grant MP (Chair), Linda Bellos OBE, Professor Stephen Small, Patrick Wilmott, Sam Walker, Sally Murray Jones, and Hugh Oxley.
ARM UK ceased operations in c.2000.
This information was compiled using the records, and these resources:
http://www.arm.arc.co.uk/appeal.html
http://www.arm.arc.co.uk/
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
Undetermined
- Title
- Black Cultural Archives: Africa Reparations Movement (UK)
- Author
- Black Cultural Archives
- Date
- 21/02/2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for uncoded script
Repository Details
Part of the Archives Collection Repository
