Esther Stanford-Xosei

Reparations; A praxis for ecological restoration and repair

Esther Stanford-Xosei works towards the bringing to an end of the 𝘔𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘪 (the African Hellacaust), ecocide and the persistent extraction of wealth and resources from oppressed peoples. An avid champion of reparations, Esther posits that: “𝘕𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴.”

In her Studium Gent lecture, Esther takes us on a visionary future in which reparations for the colonial past, and the neo-colonial present, have found firm footing in global and local ecologies in dire need of cultural, epistemological, legal, political and social-economic repair.

Esther Stanford-Xosei is a Motherist, and decolonial Pan-Afrikanist Jurisconsult, Reparationist and Community Advocate engaged in reparations policy, research and movement-building under the auspices of the Pan-Afrikan Reparations Coalition in Europe, the Stop The Maangamizi Campaign and the International Network of Scholars & Activists for Afrikan Reparations and the Extinction Rebellion Being The Change Affinity Network. Esther is currently completing a PhD in the history of the International Social Movement for Afrikan Reparations in the UK at the university of Chichester.