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 pm
Program:
- Presentation of the recently published Magazine “Remember Statia” with 12 stories about our Ancestors;
- Our successful application of the UNESCO label “Routes of Enslaved Peoples” for the Golden Rock and Godet Burial Ground;
- Kick-off of our community project “Reclaiming Our Stories: Restoring Our Ties“;
- Screening of the documentary ‘A Story of Bones‘;
- Ceremonially finishing with a spiritual honoring and memorization of our Ancestors by Ms. Annina van Neel and Ms. Peggy King Jorde.
Time Schedule
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WALK-IN 6 PM-6.30
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Arrival with refreshments
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Public social Meet and Greet
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Opening 6.30 – 6.45 PM
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6.45 – 7.15 PM
7.15 – 7.30 PM
7.30 – 7.50 PM
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Honorable Queen Aïdji, Minister of Historical Legacy, Co-chair Royal Chamber of the State of the African Diaspora & President of the Royal Faculty of Historical Legacy. Queen Aïdji, will elaborate on giving understanding and insight as to how our ancestors’ traditional, ceremonial, and spiritual reburial with Memorialization is conducted.
Honorable Mr. Artwell Cain, Cultural anthropologist/ researcher/consultant and writer focused on the themes of ethnicity, representation and identity. He is the founder of the Institute for Cultural Heritage & Knowledge
REMEMBER STATIA: tracings our origins and presentation of the published magazines on October 13th and the paintings reflecting on the initiative by the Alliance, why is it important placing the historic eighteenth century Afrikan burial ground Golden Rock and Godet Afrikan burial ground plantation on UNESCO Routes of Enslaved Peoples program. Explaining the importance and necessity of achieving these successful milestones and how important is the role of community and internationally, “Breaking” the silence surrounding the history of slavery and the importance of knowing about our ancestor’s civilization before they were enslaved. Reflecting on our successful milestone initiative by the Alliance with the Presentation of the launching and the implementation of our FARO-project on St. Eustatius as of November 1st |
Joining with us online from Paris
Joining with us online from Aruba
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7.50 – 8.00 PM
8.00 – 8.10 PM
8.10 – 9.40 PM
9.40 – 10.10 PM
10.00 – 10.30 PM
10.30 – 10.40 PM
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BREAK
Short Introduction of the documentary “A Story Of Bones” by:
Ms. Annina van Neel Ms. Peggy King Jorde, Independant Cultural Projects Consulting Advocacy & Impact, Cultural Spaces & Design, Programming & Events New York City and beyond. Alliance Advisor. Web Link here: https://kingjordeculturals.com/ Mr. Kenneth Cuvalay, Introduction of the documentary the importance of community engagement, awareness and consciousness of our Afrikan history Mr. Raimie Richardson, heritage inspector and historian as to why he thinks seeing the documentary is so important Mrs. Dr. marjolijn kok, independent researcher & PhD in archaeology, briefly elaborate on the need for ethical protocols Mr. Derrick Simmons, BA, Anthropologist, on the need for legislative protection regarding our heritage Screening of the documentary “A Story Of Bones”
Q&A
After the documentary, an integral interactive discussion on how government members experienced the documentary “A Story Of Bones”
Ceremonially finishing with a spiritual honoring and memorialization of our Ancestors with libation by Annina van Neel protagonist in documentary “A Story of Bones” and Peggy King Jorde.
End and word of thanks by Kenneth Cuvalay, president of the Alliance
Followed by a social moment together with local made drinks, local made food and music
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During the Event
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The Special Remember Statia edition of AFRO Magazine will be on sale, and a few of the artworks of Frederick Calmes will be on display. There will be an exhibition of all the artworks in the public library on November 12, 16, and 17 in the public library from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
November 19, 2024
Location: the Heritage House (on Paramiraweg (next to the Event Plaza)
Time: 6 pm to 10 pm
Program: