This week, the Pacific island nation of Samoa is playing host to this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Fifty-six member countries are discussing topics like global economics, the environment and “security challenges.” One thing that isn’t up for discussion: reparations for countries affected by the Atlantic slave trade — at least if the United Kingdom has its way. Host Carolyn Beeler spoke to Alan Lester, who has been following these tensions. Lester is a professor of historical geography at University of Sussex in the UK.
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