Tag: Slavery
Slavery Monument Utrecht will not be relocated despite petition
Local residents do not agree with this and have therefore recently started a petition. Now the monument is drawn in the plans next to the pond and partly on the…
In Reunion, the Fet’ Kaf to commemorate the abolition of slavery and celebrate the culture of the island
Every year, on December 20, Réunion commemorates the abolition of slavery in 1848. This symbolic day has been a public holiday since 1983. A way of not forgetting the island’s…
The Netherlands issues an official apology for slavery
The Netherlands have taken the plunge. Batavian Prime Minister Mark Rutte formally apologized to the Dutch state for the kingdom’s slavery past on Monday in The Hague. With our regional…
Griftpark residents start a petition for a different place for the slavery monument
“We will come up with a petition on Thursday,” says local resident Taco Jansonius after previous reports from the news site News030. “First of all, we are surprised and very…
Utrecht gets slavery monument: ‘Makes raw history visible’
A monument in memory of the slavery past will be built in the Griftpark in Utrecht. The monument will be unveiled during Keti Koti 2023 (June 30). The municipality chose…
inflation, abortion, weapons, slavery… The stakes of the ballot
The midterms of November 8 have many challenges in the United States. Between everyday subjects and almost forgotten questions, many themes are at the center of these elections. Overview. midterm…
Isis Labeau-Caberia signs a story of adventures and sorority during slavery
To reclaim a lost memory, to give a voice to those whose history has been concealed, to resonate with contemporary issues too, such is the ambition of a first novel…
50 million stuck in “modern slavery”
Published: Just now full screen Around the world, 28 million people are stuck in forced labor, according to a UN report. Archive image. Photo: Mark Schiefelbein/AP/TT Around 50 million people…
Ink and the chain: in the footsteps of the memory of slavery in La Rochelle
New stopover in our great journey in the footsteps of the memory of slavery. After Nantes, Liverpool, Louisiana or the islands of Guadeloupe, we take the direction of La Rochelle,…
One land, one author: in Senegal with David Diop
Born in Paris in 1966, David Diop grew up in Senegal and is a lecturer at the University of Pau. He signs, withThe Gate of the Journey of No Return»,…