Tag: Keti
Jennifer Ferrier new chairman Keti Koti Utrecht: ‘I want to remove discrimination from Utrecht’
On June 30, the transatlantic slavery past is commemorated and on July 1 is the celebration of freedom, Keti Koti. In addition to organizing the commemoration and celebration in the…
Elisa commemorates enslaved ancestors during Keti Koti: ‘With my poems I bring their stories close’
A passage from Elisa’s poem for the Utrecht slavery monument Flight and Resistance: We’re standing still so that our ancestors rest on our shoulders and we wear them their strength…
More and more attention for Keti Koti: ‘Celebrating and commemorating is important to do’
In order to make the slavery past a more well-known subject, Jouwe started the project ‘Traces of Slavery’ in 2010. Research, meetings and city walks in Utrecht were part of…
Rosa wrote a performance about Keti Koti and the slavery past: ‘It is our shared heritage’
Utrecht – Today is July 1, which means that the abolition of slavery in the Netherlands and Suriname was celebrated and commemorated in several places in our province during Keti…