UK’s top diplomat says slavery reparations ‘not about cash’

David Lammy has offered Africa other forms of British atonement for slavery and the slave trade

The UK will seek to atone for the transatlantic slave trade through better trade relations with African countries, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said.

Lammy is visiting Nigeria and South Africa this week as part of London’s outreach to the continent, just a week after 56 members of the Commonwealth signed a document calling for a “conversation” about reparations for slavery.