It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity

This month, my country, Ghana, celebrated its 69th Independence Day. In my address to the nation, I invoked the courage and conviction of our founding leaders, who stood firm in the face of immense adversity to secure our freedom. Kwame Nkrumah reminded us that political independence without transforming the global systems that shape our economies and opportunities remains incomplete.

It is in that spirit that Ghana will table a resolution at the UN General Assembly calling for the formal recognition of one of the greatest tragedies in history: the transatlantic trafficking and enslavement of Africans as a crime against humanity.

Click here to read the full opinion piece by John Dramani Mahama, the president of Ghana.

This opinion piece was originally published with the courtesy of Guardian News & Media Ltd.