Tag: Koti
Keti Koti celebration in Utrecht’s Griftpark: ‘There is increasing awareness’
It is a moment of realization, the chairman explains. “Realize what our shared past is and acknowledge that painful past and then also think about what we are going to…
Victory, but also fear of moving to the right: this is how Zuwena, Ronald and Hélène celebrate Keti Koti
“I will definitely be paying attention to Keti Koti this coming weekend. In my own village, Bunschoten-Spakenburg, I have arranged for the carillon to play Surinamese songs on Saturday, but…
Keti Koti in Bunschoten-Spakenburg: cassava soup and Surinamese music on the carillon
And so Hélène contacted carillonneur Mathieu Polak. This is how the idea arose to work together around Keti Koti, the day that the abolition of slavery is celebrated. Hélène: “We…
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…