The Catholic Church enslavement and reparations conversation demands honesty — not diplomacy. For 500 years, systemic exploitation stripped Afrikan people of land, language, and life. Yet institutions responsible for this destruction still offer apologies instead of accountability. Furthermore, those apologies cost nothing. They repair nothing. Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Bakari Kambon — world-renowned Pan-Afrikan linguist and architect of Abibitumi — confronts this reality directly in a recently unlisted TV3 interview now available for our community. He does not soften the truth. He illuminates it.

How the Catholic Church Fueled the Global Slave Trade — And Why Catholic Church Enslavement Demands Real Reparations

Most institutions obscure their role in Afrikan enslavement. However, Ɔbenfo Kambon traces the documented, direct connection between the Catholic Church and the machinery of the global slave trade. Papal bulls. Institutional sanction. Centuries of complicity. In addition, he connects that historical record to the material conditions Afrikan people face today. This is not abstract scholarship. It is liberation knowledge — the kind that equips our people to demand justice with precision and power.

This interview originally aired on TV3 and has since been unlisted — meaning it nearly disappeared from public view entirely. As a result, Abibitumi preserved it and made it available to scholars, students, parents, and community builders across the Pan-Afrikan world. Most importantly, this recording gives our people the intellectual weapons to dismantle comfortable narratives. Ɔbenfo Kambon speaks with the clarity of someone who has studied deeply and loves his people fiercely. Every minute of this interview carries that weight.

Abibifahodie — Black Liberation — requires that we understand who built the chains and how they were justified. Therefore, watching this interview is not optional for the serious student of Pan-Afrikan history. The Catholic Church enslavement reparations debate will not resolve itself through goodwill. It resolves through organized, informed, and unapologetic Afrikan people demanding what is owed. Consequently, this recording belongs in every study group, classroom, and community organization committed to truth. Watch it. Study it. Share it.

👉 Watch the full TV3 interview now: Reparations and The Role of the Catholic Church in Enslavement — Available at Abibitumi.com