Rain today and tomorrow, particularly in northern ireland. great britain finally gets the gold on the last day of the winter olympics. eve muirhead s women s curlers beat japan 10 3 in beijing, at her fourth games. it s been hard work. there have been ups, there s been downs. when you get this round your neck at the end, it s definitely worth it. now on bbc news, zeinab badawi and a panel of experts in nairobi, kenya, take questions concerning recent successive coups in africa. hello and welcome to global questions, with me zeinab badawi, in nairobi. kenya is in a tough neighbourhood. it s surrounded by countries that are mired in conflict. somalia has long battled extremist insurgents. south sudan has known little piece. and ethiopia is in the throes of what many describe as a civil war. plus, there have been several
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Sir Hilary Beckles who chairs a commission seeking justice and reparations for the descendants of enslaved Africans. What are his.
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me zeinab badawi, coming to you from barbados. i m on an historic sugar plantation where enslaved africans toiled in backbreaking labour during three centuries of the transatlantic slave trade. barbados was one of the earliest and most profitable of the slave colonies in the caribbean. this is the house on the grounds of the plantation, built in the 16505, where the slave owners lived in great style. my guest is barbados born eminent historian sir hilary beckles. he s vice chancellor of the university of the west indies and chair of a caribbean commission to gain reparations for the descendants of enslaved africans. what are his chances of success?
Barbarous nature, and should not be governed under the same laws as christians. thus the white supremacy. this was a laboratory. from here, it moved across the caribbean, it moved to the united states. so having this interview here, you have come to the source of the crime that we are trying to adjudicate today in the broad context of reparations. and i keep on asking you this but you are not making much progress, are you? yes, we are making process. ..on a government to government level at all? we are making significant progress. we do not expect this to happen overnight. but you have said you have been arguing for it for 100 years. absolutely. so what has the uk government, for instance, said on reparations to you? the uk government has always said that slavery was not a crime, that slavery was legal, we did nothing wrong, we are not going to apologise. you are not shifting minds, are you? well, we are trying, and we will always try. but here is the issue, zeinab it took us all of