reparatory

Aimed at repairing a wrong rather than punishing the wrongdoer. — Here, justice measured by what is restored to the harmed, not by what is inflicted on the offender; the ethic beneath the palaver tree.

To the African Diaspora—particularly within the contemporary movement for reparatory justice—deconstructing Eurocentric narratives must not be treated merely as an academic exercise.

As used in: the-last-witness