Ghana 2027 International Conference

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The conference did not emerge in isolation. It is the culmination of an international journey of inquiry, reflection and dialogue into the continuing impact of slavery, exploitation, migration and collective responsibility.

Over the past three years, a collaboration between Organization for Promoting Understanding of Society OPUS and the A.K. Rice Institute (AKRI) has brought together people from different countries, professions and traditions to explore the relationship between authority, power, leadership, human freedom and systemic inequality — examining how systems of exploitation are sustained not only by economic and political structures, but by unconscious social processes that shape organisations, communities and nations.

As the inquiry deepened, a further question came into view: how do societies engage with the legacies of historical harm, and what might reparative justice look like in practice? That question brings us to Ghana — home to some of the most significant sites of the transatlantic slave trade, where the past is not only remembered but continues to resonate within contemporary social, cultural and institutional life.

The journey to Accra is more than a geographical journey. It is a journey from awareness to responsibility — from memory to meaning — from acknowledgement to reparation — from inherited histories to the future we create together.

It is my pleasure to invite you to join us in Ghana for the International Group Relations Conference 2027 — The Past Alive in the Present: Authority, Leadership, and the Future We Create.