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ANOTHER KIND OF COLONIZATIONDavid Lammy has offered Africa other forms of British atonement for slavery and the slave tradeThe 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.The transatlantic slave trade was “horrific and horrendous” and left “scars,” Lammy said on Monday in Lagos, the Nigerian port city that was once a hub for slavers.“I am the descendant of enslaved people, so I recognize that,” he added.