[:en]Asma Lamrabet is trained in medicine and worked as a volunteer doctor in Spain and Latin America. In 1995 she started working in mainly Chile and Mexico for eight. There she came into contact with Liberation Theology, which caused her to examine her own religion. From 2004 until 2007, she returned to Morocco, where she…
Sandew Hira
[:en]Sandew Hira, pen-name of Dew Baboeram, is an independent scholar and activist. He studied economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 1982 he published his first book on the history of the struggle against colonialism in Suriname from 1630-1940. Since then he has published many books and numerous articles on history and race relations. Hira is director of the International Institute for Scientific Research…
Sebieren Hassenmahomed
[:en]Sebieren Hassenmahomed is columnist for Sarnámihuis, the online community for Hindustani identity. She was born and raised on Kasabaholo in Suriname. She moved to the Netherlands in 1971. There she lived in Baarn where she was trained as a nurse and worked in healthcare. In 1981 she went back to Suriname and worked in the country’s Psychiatric…
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,…
[:en]Stephen Small and Sandew Hira[:nl]Stephen Small en Sandew Hira[:]
[:en] 20 Questions and Answers about Dutch Slavery and its Legacy: Most people in the Netherlands think of slavery and the slave trade as something that happened a long time ago, did not affect many people, and have little relevance to Dutch society today. Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is that politics, economics,…
Sandew Hira
[:en] 20 Questions and Answers about Reparations for Colonialism: This book brings together the most relevant facts and insights on reparations and it positions the debate on reparations as part of the continuing struggle to decolonize the mind. The goal is to provide material for debate and discussion. It deals with reparations for both trans-Atlantic…
Djehuti-Ankh-Kheru
[:en] Gezegend en vervloekt – Een geschiedenis van groter Afrika van de bakermat van de beschaving tot aan het derde millennium: There is little available in Dutch literature that highlights the achievements of people of African descent. In this book Djehuti-Ankh-Kheru covers the history of the ancient classical African civilizations, the emergence of transatlantic slavery…
Guillermo E. Rosario
[:en] Onsterfelijk: On August 17th, 1795 a group of chained slaves on plantation Kenepa let their boss know that they no longer wanted to work for him. There was a revolt led by Tula and Bastian Karpata, which lasted nearly a month. Tula and Bastian Karpata had the courage to take the first steps to…
Lili Irani
[:en] Een ster in de spiegel: Lili Irani grew up in Iran after the 1979 revolution and prefered racing on a skateboard than obediently sitting at home. The war between Iran and Iraq from 1981 to 1988 also has profound implications for her family. Maturing as a young woman with her own dreams also meant butterflies…