Ghana will host a conference for people of African descent in October this year to reflect and push forward the demand for reparations for Africa for the slave trade. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who announced this last Tuesday at a solemn durbar at Assin Manso in the Central Region to mark the Emancipation Day celebration, said the African Union had given its blessings to the conference. "If people can be compensated for the holocaust, Africans can be compensated for slavery," he stated. He said it was important to resolve that the atrocities caused during the period of the slave trade would not be allowed to happen again. The President said the Emancipation Day celebration allowed society to discuss reparation for Africa and added that it was time to unite as Africans to forge ahead to achieve progress. The durbar, which was spiced with cultural displays, was attended by local chiefs and people from the Diaspora. This year's Emancipation Day celebration, whi...