HZ lunch reading with Henna Goudzand Nahar

On Wednesday 9 November at 12.15 pm, author Henna Goudzand Nahar will give an SDG Lunch Lecture about the importance of diversity in children's literature and how it contributes to an inclusive society. Her children's book 'On the back of Bigi Kayman' is the first book about slavery for children under ten years old and was awarded a Zilveren Penseel in 2022.

When, what time, where?
09 november 2022
12 a.m.
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What new experiences, perspectives and worldviews can be learned from books? And what does that ask of teachers, writers and children? In addition to students, interested parties can also attend the lunch lecture in the HZ Café and participate in the conversation. A Surinamese saoto soup will be served during the lecture.

Participation is free, registration is required via the registration link.

Children's book about slavery

There are still few children's books about slavery for young children. Author Henna Goudzand Nahar and illustrator Hedy Tjin therefore got to work and made 'On the back of Bigi Kayman' (7+). For this book they were inspired by the life of the Brooskampers, who lived as slaves in Suriname and made themselves free by fleeing to a swamp area between the Suriname River and the Boven-Commewijne.

This book introduces children to an important part of the past in an appealing way. What should be the place of a book like 'On the back of Bigi Kayman' in education? What do we mean by diverse and inclusive? And how do we shape teaching practice together?

In conversation together

An important part of this SDG Lunch Lecture is the conversation between the author and the audience afterwards. Nahar challenges the audience to reflect on personal experiences and their own teaching practice. The lunch lecture is all about meeting people and making these topics accessible.

Author

Henna Goudzand Nahar worked as a Dutch teacher in Paramaribo and – since she moved to the Netherlands in 1989 – in Amsterdam. Her first novel, Whole Days in the Rain, was published in 2005. Novels about slavery, postcolonialism and cultural differences follow. Henna Goudzand Nahar writes for both adults and children and was the author of reading stories for Sesame Street for several years.