“Pan-African Roots Synergy Conversation on Land Rights for Indigenous Africans”

Organized by: The Kingdom of Kush
African Union African Diaspora 6th Region High Council

Moderator: Mrs Modi Ntambwe (Europe Pan African Forum for People of African /Belgium Chapter)

April 15th 2025

Program

6:30 PM | Registration

• Collection of pass and event package at the front desk

7:30 – 7:50 PM | Welcoming & Opening Remarks

• Libation
• Welcome Address by HRH Mansa Dr. Suliman al Kush, Head of Mission of the Kingdom of Kush
• Set the Tone Statement by HRH Dr. Barryl A. Biekman (Kingdom of Kush/African Union African Diaspora Sixth Region High Council Organizing and Planning Committee)
• The Urgency of Land Rights as a key Component of Reparatory Justice. The Kingdom of Kush Diaspora Strategy by Professor, Dr. Saidu Bangura (AUADS Sixth Region High Council)

7:50 – 8:10 PM | Keynote Address: Land and Reparatory Justice

• Beyond Restitution: Ancestral Trust and Reparatory Justice in African Land Relations by Mrs. Esther Xosei (PARCOE – Pan Afrikan Reparations Coalition in Europe)
• How existing laws are being used to deprived African Descendant of their ancestral lands: Case Costa Rica & Latin America as a whole by Ms. Layli Brown (Founder of the Museum Afro Costa Rica)

8:10 – 9:00 PM | Panel Discussion: Land, Rights & Reparations

PANEL 1 (including Q & A)

1. Topic: How slavery and colonialism led to African land dispossession
   • Dr. Barbara Reynolds (Member of the Working Group of Expert on African People)
2. Topic: Indigenous Africans: The South African Case
   • Dr. Lendy Spires (Executive Chairperson Krotoasa Foundation Johannesburg South Africa)
3. Topic: Perspective of the existing Laws on Land rights and Indigenous People
   • Dr. Darren Wade (IDPAD)
4. Topic: Land Rights in Perspective of the African Union Reparatory Justice Program of Action
   • Ms. Angela Odai (Head of the Diaspora Division of the African Union Commission CIDO)

PANEL 2 (Including Q&A)

5. Topic: Land Rights in context of Human and African Peoples Right
   • Professor Dr. Georgina Falu (Falu Foundation)
6. Topic: The Original Landlords; African Women, Stolen Earth & The Price to Repair, Showcasing grassroots struggles for land reclamation
   • HRH Ms. Cassandra Dunford (Global African Sheroes Union)
7. Topic: Land Reparations as an Economic Justice Strategy
   • Dr. Angela Sayles (Financial Unity)
8. Topic: African Union, Self Repair and Land rights, A Pan African view
   • Dr. Akil Khalfani (Director of the Africana Institute Essex County College)

9:00 – 9:15 PM | Open Discussion & Participant Contributions

• Presentation of key action points and recommendation for the Declaration

9:15 – 9:25 PM | Closing Remarks & Call to Action

• Summary of key takeaways
• Action plan moving forward – Next steps for engaging policymakers and international bodies
• Acknowledgments & networking invitation

9:25 – 9:30 PM | Final Closing & Adjournment

Next Steps & Follow-Up

• Report & Policy Brief: The results and recommendations from this side event will be compiled into a report for submission to the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent and other relevant UN bodies.
• Follow-up Advocacy: Participants will be invited to join an ongoing coalition to continue lobbying for land rights and reparations policies.
• Media & Awareness Campaign: Sharing outcomes through digital platforms to amplify the message globally.

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