[:en] The book For twelve years Sandew Hira has been working on a book titled Decolonizing The Mind – a guide to decolonial theory and practice. In different parts of the world a new decolonial movement is growing that challenges long time narratives in knowledge production and social struggle and transforms activism and social movements….
Categorie: Books
[:nl]Safikan Goelamhaider: Ineens hadden ze een man voor me …[:]
[:nl]Dit autobiografisch verhaal draait om een episode uit het leven van een 17-jarig Hindostaans meisje uit een moslim gezin dat in Suriname in het bauxietdorp Billiton wordt uitgehuwelijkt aan een Hindostaanse man uit Nederland. De man vertrekt na het huwelijk naar Nederland. Het meisje volgt kort daarop, maar wordt niet afgehaald op Schiphol; niet door…
[:nl]Nieuw boek Radjinder Bhagwanbali: De tot koelie gemaakten[:]
[:en]Contactpersoon: Sitla Bonoo, 06-12.09.72.16 Verkrijgbaar via alle boekhandels in Nederland en in Suriname bij NSHI (+597 531-361)[:nl]Stichting Sarnámihuis in Nederland, Nationale Stichting Hindostaanse Immigratie in Suriname en Amrit Publishers hebben een nieuw boek uitgebracht over de Hindostaanse geschiedenis van Radjinder Bhagwanbali. Dr. Drs R. Bhagwanbali introduceert in dit boek de term “tot koelie gemaakten” naar…
Stephen Small
[:en]Europe is made up of at least 46 nations, and a population of more than 770 million people. Black people of African descent are estimated at more than 7 million, with at least 90% of them in just 12 nations. Stephen Small offers an in-depth analysis of what exactly is Black Europe, and what are…
Hatem Bazian
[:en]“Annotations on Race is a tour de force of incisive running commentary on the events that are shaping the world. With great passion and verve, the book covers an eclectic array of topics ranging from Muhammad Ali to the Arab Spring, from Du Bois to the NAFTA and immigration from Mexico… Bazian shows that insights…
Sandew Hira
[:en] De getuigenis van president Desi Bouterse: On July 20th, 2015 publicist and columnist Sandew of the Surinamese news website Star News, wrote an open letter to the Surinamese President Bouterse who had won the elections on May 25th and had received an absolute majority in parliament. With the title The truth sets us free, he…
Hatem Bazian
[:en]In 1902, Theodor Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, wrote to Cecil Rhodes, the Minister of Colonies for Great Britain: “You are being invited to help make history. It doesn’t involve Africa, but a piece of Asia Minor; not Englishmen but Jews … How, then, do I happen to turn to you since this is…
Sebieren Hassenmahomed
[:en] Levens van vreugde en verdriet: Sebieren Hassenmahomed interviewed many Hindustani women about their lives. The women talk openly about their youth, parents, upbringing, education, love, faith, sexuality, marriage, family life, relatives, expectations within the community for men and women, migration to and life in the Netherlands. Some stories are sad, others humorous: life stories and…
Asma Lamrabet
[:en] 20 Questions and Answers on Islam and Women: For centuries, the question of “women in Islam” has been held hostage by two opposing but equally radical perspectives: one, rigid Islamic conservative; the other, western, ethnocentric, and islamophobic. In 20 Questions and Answers on Islam and Women Asma Lamrabet criticizes with both perspectives from a reformist…
[:en]Marten Schalkwijk and Stephen Small (eds.)[:nl]Marten Schalkwijk en Stephen Small (eds.)[:]
[:en] New Perspectives on Slavery and Colonialism in the Caribbean: This reader consists of 11 articles that focus on slavery and the legacy of slavery in Suriname and the Caribbean. Analysis of slavery in the Caribbean, including variations in the nature, functioning and legacies of slavery across territories with different imperial masters – including the English,…