Anton de Kom’s We Slaves of Suriname is a literary masterpiece as well as a fierce indictment of racism and colonialism. In this 1934 book, published here in English for the first time, the Surinamese writer and resistance leader Anton de Kom recounts the history of his homeland, from the first settlements by Europeans in search of gold through the era of the slave trade and the period of Dutch colonial rule when the old slave mentality persisted, long after slavery had been formally abolished. De Kom wrote this book to help free the people of Suriname from the yoke of colonial rule: ‘No people can reach full maturity as long as it remains burdened with an inherited sense of inferiority.’ In 1933, de Kom was banished by the colonial authorities in Suriname, who saw him as a threat. He wrote We Slaves of Suriname from exile in The Netherlands, where it was first published in 1934 in a censored form. When World War II broke out, de Kom joined the Dutch resistance and his works were banned. He was arrested by the Germans in 1944 and deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp, where he died on 24 April 1945. 159 years after the abolition of slavery in Suriname and 88 years after its initial publication, We Slaves of Suriname has lost none of its brilliance and power.
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-02-22 - Publisher: Polity
Anton de Kom’s We Slaves of Suriname is a literary masterpiece as well as a fierce indictment of racism and colonialism. In this 1934 book, published here in English for the first time, the Surinamese writer and resistance leader Anton de Kom recounts the history of his homeland, from the
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-01-19 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Anton de Kom’s We Slaves of Suriname is a literary masterpiece as well as a fierce indictment of racism and colonialism. In this classic book, published here in English for the first time, the Surinamese writer and resistance leader recounts the history of his homeland, from the first settlements by
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-09 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
In the months immediately preceding Surinam's independence, November 25, 1975, warning signals went up on both sides of the Atlantic. This small, ethnically plural society was torn by severe political conflict. Elections in November 1973 had brought an end to political collaboration between Creoles and Hindustanis, the country's two largest
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-30 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press
The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions is the definitive reference for Caribbean religious phenomena from a Caribbean perspective. Generously illustrated, this landmark project combines the breadth of a comparative approach to religion with the depth of understanding of Caribbean spirituality as an ever-changing and varied historical phenomenon. Organized alphabetically, entries examine
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-12 - Publisher: Springer
Volume6 looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region depending upon their methods of interpretation and differing styles of communicating their findings. The authors examine how the lingual diversity of the region has affected the historian's ability to coalesce an historical account. The second half of