Tag: Suriname
King welcomes government apology for slavery
In the Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander welcomed in his Christmas speech Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s apology last week for the country’s slavery past. Dutch royalty assures that it will remain “…
“Marronnage”, exhibition at the House of Latin America of Maroon art
Cultural meeting Between the middle of the 17th and the end of the 18th century, descendants of African slaves fled the colonial dwellings of Suriname. They find refuge in the…
the Central Bank of the Netherlands makes its mea culpa
After Britain’s big business, the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) recognizes the important role its early leaders played in slavery, as an independent investigation shows. It is one of the consequences…