Articles by Mawuna Remarque Koutonin, Silicon Africa
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14 African Countries Forced by France to Pay Colonial Tax for the Benefits of Slavery and Colonization
Mawuna Remarque Koutonin, Silicon Africa – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Feb 2014
For historical comparison, France made Haiti pay the modern equivalent of $21 billion from 1804 till 1947 for the losses caused to French slave traders by the abolition of slavery. African countries are paying the colonial tax only for the last 50 years, so I think one century of payment might be left!
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