Bittersweet Heritage: a cultural event exploring Groningen’s connections to slavery
To what extent was Groningen involved in the trade of enslaved people? Where are those links still visible to this ...
Tag: colonialism
D66 in Groningen wants city to apologise for its role in Dutch slave trade and imperial history
From Niemeyer tobacco, to the ships that docked at the Noorderhaven, to the Abel Tasmanplein, Groningen is as dripping in ...
Kick Out Zwarte Piet group criticizes Leeuwarden’s ‘grey’ Piets, which can still involve white people donning fake lips and curly wigs
Just stop dressing up as derogatory stereotypes, maybe Translated by Thomas Ansell The Kick Out Zwarte Piet (KOZP) pressure group- ...
Exhibition in Museum Heerenveen shows the cruel life of prisoners in Japanese Internment Camps
The Netherlands had colonised Indonesia for around 100 years when the Japanese invaded, but celebrations quickly turned to horror Translated ...
Groningen’s links to the Dutch Slave Trade
Groningen’s ties to Dutch colonial history and the city’s association with the slave trade have been made public by historians ...
Few Groningen streets named after women
An analysis of the origins of every street name in the city of Groningen by the researchers at the University ...
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