St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance

Jeannette Cooperman’s essay “How the Wreckage of Slavery Washes Upon the Shores of a Small Island” explores how the legacy of slavery persists on the small Caribbean island of St. Eustatius—known locally as Statia—and how confronting this past exposes the enduring wounds of colonialism and historical neglect.   Cooperman arrives in Statia expecting a sleepy, […]

ST. EUSTATIUS / 31 December 2024   Project Remember Statia: Tracing Our Origins     PROGRAM March 28 – Introduction Meeting ‘Retaking Our History & Rewriting Our Narrative’ April 2 – 4 – Searching the Archives April 2: Understanding Archival Resources April 3: Searching the Archives April 4: Summarizing & sharing results April 10 &

ST. EUSTATIUS / 12 December 2024   End the Dutch Kingdom’s double standard in heritage protection for the Caribbean   The battle between the preservation of St. Eustatius’ cultural heritage and new infrastructure projects continues, despite the efforts of the heritage inspector who must defend the island’s historic sites on his own. The ongoing infrastructure development

ST. EUSTATIUS / 23 November 2024 Walk to the Godet, Golden Rock, and Congo Afrikan Burial Ground to lay flowers and put up a light in honor of our Ancestors.

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

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

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

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

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

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