Archbishop of Canterbury calls for healing on Africa tour

Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally completed a 10-day Africa tour on August 4, visiting Ghana from July 26–31 and Cameroon from July 31–August 4. In a sermon from Yaoundé, Cameroon, Mullally called for peace and healing, noting that millions live in fear and millions are displaced. The trip marked Mullally's first visit to Africa since becoming archbishop in March and the first by an archbishop to Cameroon. In Ghana, Mullally visited the Cape Coast Castle, a significant slave fort where thousands of enslaved Africans were held before deportation. She walked through the dungeons and "the door of no return" that traders forced enslaved people through. At the fort, she reaffirmed the Church of England's commitment to a £100 million reparations fund announced in January 2023, following an independent audit that revealed the church had invested in slave-trading companies, run slave plantations in the Caribbean, and received large donations from slave traders. Mullally stated that witnessing the castle's conditions made the immense evil of the transatlantic slave trade impossible to deny. In Cameroon, she praised peace-building partnerships between Anglican, Catholic, and other Christian denominations working amid armed conflict between government forces and separatists. She emphasized that genuine peace required inclusive dialogue and commitment from authorities.

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Source: Episcopal News Service — https://episcopalnewsservice.org/2026/08/05/archbishop-of-canterbury-ends-africa-tour-with-calls-for-healing-from-churchs-role-in-slavery/