Sir Hilary Beckles

Professor and Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission

Sir Hilary Beckles is a Barbadian historian, academic, and politician. He is a professor emeritus at the University of the West Indies and has written extensively on the history of slavery and its impact on the Caribbean. He is also the Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, which aims to promote reparations for the descendants of enslaved Africans.