BAM - The Black Archives Meet Up

On Saturday, October 14, 2023, The Black Archives Amsterdam organizes a lecture and a pop-up exhibition about our shared slavery and colonial past in the ZB, Kousteensedijk 7 in Middelburg. The program includes theater, music and dialogue with Zeeland makers and the audience.

When, what time, where?
14 oktober 2023
14.00 uur
Organization by
Four Freedoms Door het Jaar Heen

Together we get into the role of Zeeland in the Transatlantic slave trade, using unique documents from The Black Archives and Ferdinand Ralf (co-founder of the Slavery Monument in Middelburg). Special attention is paid to black authors, researchers and scientists.

The program includes performances by Zeeland makers, young people and musicians. We look for new answers. What can healing and recovery look like in the context of the (Zeeland) history of slavery? How can we meet each other and what do we need for that? What role can art and culture play in raising awareness of the shared history of slavery and its impact today?

Speakers

  • Marcos Valster da Costa Ferreira, actor and theatermaker. He presents parts from his new performance VOETSTUK and the youth performance CONGO SQUARE.
  • Ferdinand Ralf, co-founder of the Middelburg Monument Slavery Foundation and the driving force behind the Slavery Monument on the Balans in Middelburg. Ralf is affiliated with the Transatlantic Slavery Impact Knowledge Center Foundation (KITAS).
  • Angélique Duijndam, who works at the Anti-Discrimination Bureau Zeeland and is chairperson of Keti Koti Zeeland (formerly the Middelburg Monument Slavery Foundation). In 2023 she won the Woman in the Media Award Zeeland.
  • Herbert Veira, singer and also writer of the Keti Koti song that he performed with several musicians on July 1 during the commemoration and celebration on July 1.

The Black Archives

The Black Archives is a historical archive and cultural center in Amsterdam. It consists several book collections, archives, and artifacts that are the legacy of black writers and scholars. More than 10,000 books in the collections are about racism, slavery and (de)colonization, gender and feminism, social sciences, Suriname, the former Netherlands Antilles, South America, Africa and more. They will organize a pop-up exhibition from this collection on October 14.