Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- One message stood out, one particular briefing gave clarity and hope for better days ahead. Africa, will be heard; willingly or unwillingly and the resolution thereof, will no longer be a hope for years to come, but a reality to actualise.At a press conference during the 39th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama urged African leaders to adopt a common continental strategy on the legacy of slavery and racialised chattel enslavement, which he described as "the gravest crime against humanity." In this context, one must understand; Reparations matter because colonialism was not simply an episode of foreign rule. It was an economic system. African land was seized, labour was coerced, institutions...