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Cameroon-born Bonaventure Ndikung to lead Berlin cultural center | Culture| Arts, music and lifestyle reporting from Germany | DW

Cameroon-born Bonaventure Ndikung to lead Berlin cultural center | Culture| Arts, music and lifestyle reporting from Germany | DW
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Telling Stories of Slavery, One Person at a Time

Telling Stories of Slavery, One Person at a Time A new exhibition in Amsterdam reconstructs personal histories to confront the Netherlands’ extensive and little discussed involvement in the international trade of enslaved people during the colonial era. Eveline Sint Nicolaas, left, and Valika Smuelders, curated the exhibition “Slavery” at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.Credit.Ilvy Njiokiktjien for The New York Times By Nina Siegal June 4, 2021, 5:07 a.m. ET AMSTERDAM An ornate tortoise shell box with a real gold nugget on its lid has long been on display in the Rijksmuseum. Considered a high point of Dutch rococo craftsmanship, it was a gift to Prince William IV from the Dutch West India Company in 1749, when he was named the group’s governor.

How about a 1621 project? Amid all the fighting about 1619 and 1776, another American founding date may point the way forward

Exactly 400 years ago, on June 3, 1621, Dutch rulers in the Netherlands issued a charter for the West India Company, which would eventually sponsor the first colonists in today’s New York.

Transatlantic Slave Trade, The – Encyclopedia Virginia

Transatlantic Slave Trade, The – Encyclopedia Virginia
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