ST. EUSTATIUS / 19 November 2024 Annina van Neel, protagonist of the documentary ‘A Story of Bones’ is visiting St. Eustatius for three weeks to co-host a number of activities with the St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance. Annina van Neel is currently CEO and founder of the “Tiekie Box” project which helps […]
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ST. EUSTATIUS / 19 November 2024 Grand CelebrationReclaiming Our Stories: Restoring Our Ties In the same spirit as our community gathering on November 11 in the Lions Den, we’ll continue our interactive journey this week. On Tuesday, November 19, we have a Community Gathering with a Fireside Chat in the Heritage House, Paramiraweg. Program: 18.00
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ST. EUSTATIUS / 8 November 2024 On November 12 and 13, the St. Eustatius Public Library is hosting the exhibition of a young Haitian painter, sculpture, and digital artist residing in the Netherlands, Frederick Calmes. The exhibition consists of twelve artworks created for the family history project “Remember Statia: Tracing Our Origins” organized by
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ST. EUSTATIUS / 2 November 2024 Reclaiming Our Stories: Restoring Our Ties November 11, 2024 With great pride the St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance have the pleasure of inviting the general public of St. Eustatius to actively participate with us celebrating in a ceremonially setting. Location: Lions Den Time: 6 pm to 10
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ST. EUSTATIUS / 1 November 2024 Podcast series dedicated to the month of activities in November 2024 organized by the St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance. The St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance, a grassroots organization formed as a result of the protests against the excavations on the 18th-century burial ground of enslaved Afrikans, the
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ST. EUSTATIUS / 2 NOVEMBER 2024 On Monday November 11, the St. Eustatius Afrikan Burual Ground Alliance will launch the special print edition of AFRO Magazine with the title “Remember Statia”. It contains articles by people from the Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, relating to the island’s slavery past. The event that will take place
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ST. EUSTATIUS / 9 October 2024 The Golden Rock and Godet Afrikan burial sites in St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, have been recognized by UNESCO as significant sites tied to the legacies of enslavement. The St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance initiated an application for nomination with UNESCO in February 2022. On Wednesday, October 9th, UNESCO
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ST. EUSTATIUS / 2 oktober 2024 The Golden Rock and Godet Afrikan burial sites in St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, will be recognized by UNESCO as significant sites tied to the legacies of enslavement. The St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance initiated an application for nomination with UNESCO in February 2022. On Wednesday, October 9th,
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ST. EUSTATIUS / 2 September 2024 Frederick Calmes, a young Haitian painter, sculpture, and digital artist residing in the Netherlands, has been “Artist in Residence” on St. Eustatius for the past four weeks. The St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance (in short “the Alliance”) invited Calmes to create several digital artworks for the family heritage
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