Sojourner Truth Radio

With the death of Queen Elizabeth and the succession of her eldest son, Charles III, there are new calls from former and present-day British colonies for Britain to make amends by paying reparations, issuing apologies, returning stolen artifacts and breaking with the British monarchy as did the island nation of Barbados in the fall of 2021. Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1952 when more than a quarter of the world’s population were under British rule–according to NPR that was more than 700 million people. The old saying went: the sun never set on the British Empire, which included countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific and the Caribbean. And British imperial power was known for slavery, massacres and other violence and theft. The resulting suffering was felt around the world, even as the royal family accumulated great wealth, much of that wealth is secret. Even the crown jewels of the late queen were stolen from India and South Africa. Today we focus on the colonial impact and legacy of Britai