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17 Oct le Congo

Posted at 20:00h in Black History by Florian Frey

Le CongoJe kon het niet laten Hoe moesten zij hun tranen vegen? Jouw daden worden in het heden verzwegen De overval was een jackpot Brute Belg Ik walg van jouw hebzucht Leopold werkelijk waar Een roofdier Barbaar Mensen verminken Congo wit willen sminken met zwart bloed De Afrikaan is geen vastgoed of object Jouw zieke geest dacht...

16 Oct Zwart Licht

Posted at 20:00h in Black History by Florian Frey

Zwart lichtDrie pilarenDie al jaren de fundering van de waarheid dragenZe brengen licht in het donkerMet bars boven barsWoordenwonderEducatiefDaadwerkelijk daadkrachtigMannen van de woordenMannen van hun woordZorg dat jij de waarheid hoort Schenk ze een oorAls jij durftWat is waar en wat is echt?Wat is gelogen en...

15 Oct The fall and Rise of Rwanda

Posted at 20:00h in Black History by Rossel Chaslie

The fall and Rise of RwandaThe Republic of Rwanda is a [small] country in eastern-Africa, bordering Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi.The region spent a while under different western rulers, who exhorted the rich environment at the cost of the Rwandan natives. The Belgian colonialists were...

14 Oct Prolific Thinkers

Posted at 20:00h in Black History by Rossel Chaslie

Prolific ThinkersMalcolm X [Malik El-Shabazz] and Doctor King [Martin Luther King Jr.] were prominent leaders of the civil rights movement in America. Both serving within the same ecosystem of social justice. But how they wanted to achieve that social justice often marked them on opposite...

13 Oct The Black Archives

Posted at 20:00h in Black History by Rossel Chaslie

The Black ArchivesThe Black Archives [located at Vereniging Ons Suriname] is a historical archive, boasting books centered around often withheld topics such as racial issues, [de]colonization, [Trans-Atlantic] slavery, feminism, and more. The historical archive was initiated by Jessica de Abreu, Mitchell Esajas, Miguel Heilbron en...

12 Oct Creolen en Marrons

Posted at 20:00h in Black History by Rossel Chaslie

Creolen and MarronsThe Creoles and Maroons are both direct descendants from kidnapped [west-] Africans forced to labor on the infamous plantations of Surinam. The two distinct cultures have shared much together. Yet the Maroons have known freedom before the Dutch abolition of the trans-Atlantic slavery...