Healing the wounds and addressing the psychosocial consequences of trans-Atlantic slave history
Healing the Wounds of Slavery aims at healing and addressing the wounds and psycho-social, economic and political consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and slave history. The hope is to create pathways towards personal, cultural, relational and institutional transformation.
Healing the Wounds of Slavery: Towards Mutual Recovery is a joint programme of the UNESCO Slave Route Project and the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace.
The transatlantic slave trade involved a systematic deportation, and dehumanisation, of tens of millions of Africans. Its objective was to exploit their bodies and minds for economic
UNESCO Slave Route Project and GHFP have co-organised an international symposium hosted by the Berkley Center at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. on 18/19 October 2018.
The “Healing the Wounds of Slavery” programme is the fruit of a collaboration amongst several significant partners, including the UNESCO Slave Route Project, the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace, and the Berkley Centre at Georgetown University.
In view of the ignorance or concealment of major historical events that constitutes an obstacle to mutual understanding, reconciliation and cooperation amongst peoples, UNESCO embarked on a project that aims at breaking the silence surrounding the slave trade and slavery.
The development of the Healing the Wounds of Slavery programme requires a wide range of involvement and support from governments, NGOs, philanthropic foundations, businesses, educational institutions, communities and individuals.