Editor’s note: The following interview with Dr. Damien Dublin outlines the progress of the reparations movement in Dominica through the Dominica Reparations Committee. It was originally published on The Repair Campaign’s website.
Could you introduce yourself and your work?
Greetings all, I am Dr. Damian Dublin, Chairman of the Dominica Reparations Committee. This committee was formed in 2014 out of a historic decision taken at that time by the heads of government of CARICOM to form National Reparations Committees. Since there was previously no reparations commission in Dominica before we had to go on an advocacy campaign to get the narrative out there and get the people familiar with the terminology. Even though there was no organisation, there were calls for reparations by the Rastafari movement in Dominica and other progressive forces.
In our early interventions, we focused on advocacy with the hope of getting the reparations narrative, which was a concept which we need to get to the people to make them realize that reparations is for you and it should take some interest in it: so we had panel discussions on the radio, we went to the colleges on black history day we went to various schools talking about reparations talking about black history we also highlighted important dates like the birthday of Marcus Gaby, Martin Luther King, and even our local heroes, we made mention of powerful African leaders or dates which had an impact on the whole reparations movement.
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