On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, Accra, Ghana, hosted the presentation of his latest publication titled Reparations: History, Struggle, Politics and Law.

The book was supported by the Pan-African Progressive Front (PPF), the organization that continues the legacy of the great Kwame Nkrumah, fights for justice for all of Africa and has the potential to become the main force of Pan-Africanism in Ghana.

The 130-page book is a mathematical analysis, based on historical facts, of how much Africa could be worth in terms of itemized reparations and a chronological presentation of the exploitation of Africa by the West.

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, who wrote the book’s foreword, noted in his opening remarks that this work is perhaps the most comprehensive printed material covering the entire history, explaining the disadvantaged position Africa found itself in at the dawn of global civilization and development, as well as the far-reaching consequences of the continent’s exploitation.

Summoning his rich prowess in oratory, Pratt inspired passion with his eloquent speech at the AMA Emporium in the heart of the Ghanaian capital, drawing wild applause.

The audience included ambassadors, high commissioners, traditional and spiritual leaders, representatives of political parties, academics, students, and activists.

Throughout his speech, he advocated an African development path that ignored the directions of the West and rather focused on the indigenous route to the promised land of development.

“Stop taking prescription from those who poisoned you,” he said, arguing that the very nations responsible for Africa’s exploitation could not offer the cure.

Pratt said Africa’s poverty and structural weaknesses were direct legacies of slavery and colonialism, and warned that imitating the paths of Britain, France, and Germany would only lead Africa into further ruin.

“This book is not just about history; it is a call to action. Reparations must reorganize the world and lay the foundation for a self-reliant Africa,” he said, adding that institutions such as the United Nations, the IMF and the World Bank were established without African input, and continue to perpetrate inequalities rooted in colonial exploitation.

The book, described by many as groundbreaking, lays out for the first time a clear, simple, yet uncompromising argument for the reparations.

It links the historical crimes of slavery and colonialism with practical proposals for compensation, estimating Africa’s entitlement at trillions of dollars, Costing them at $2–$3 trillion for unpaid slave labor, $4–$6 trillion for colonial extraction, $500 billion for debt cancellation, $50 billion for stolen artifacts, and $1 trillion for climate reparations.

He also offers concrete strategies for mobilizing these resources and channeling them into Africa’s transformation.

President Mahama described the book as both timely and transformative.
“Reparations are not charity; they are justice owed.

Kwesi Pratt has done the heavy lifting for our generation, giving us facts, figures and pathways,” he said.

President Mahama said Africa could not recover from the brutal legacy of slavery and colonialism without a united struggle for reparations.

He said the continent’s healing requires not only monetary compensation but also a collective remembrance of history to resist revisionism and restore dignity to Africans everywhere.

Expanding on the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade, President Mahama painted a chilling picture of how Africans were shackled for months in ships, forced to lie immobile, fed only to keep them alive, and often thrown overboard when illness broke out.

“We cannot imagine the unspeakable horror that people had to go through. An average passage took from 80 to 90 days and many never made it. Millions died before even reaching the Americas, the slave trade was the most criminal human enterprise known in the world”.

President Mahama later launched the book and bought the first copy for GH₵200,000.

Afterwards, the 9 remaining gold-plated copies were auctioned from GH₵100,000 to GH₵10,000.

Prior to that, a former President of the Ghana Journalists Association and one-time Ghana’s ambassador to Sierra Leone, Kabral Blay-Amihere, had kept the expectant audience salivating for the content of the book following an excellent review.

The event was chaired by an astute lawyer, Kyeretwie Opoku, who echoed the President’s call for collective effort, stressing that Africa’s recovery could not come by imitating colonial models of development but through solidarity, justice, and bold action.

Already presented to Heads of State at the African Union Summit in Malabo in July 2025, the book has gained international recognition, with demand so high that an additional print run has been ordered.

This book is written for activists, students, community leaders and African youth for everyone who thinks and is ready to act.

It is intended for those who are prepared to openly declare their position and fight for a better world for themselves, their loved ones, their country, and their continent.