The Slavery Heritage Guide of The Cape (Gids Slavernijverleden van de Kaap) 2025, the latest instalment in the Mapping Slavery series on sites impacted by Dutch slavery and authored by Nancy Jouwe and Carine Zaayman, will be launched on 26 January at the Wereldmuseum in Amsterdam. “With the book launch we want to (…) bring into conversation the history and afterlives of Dutch colonialism in the Cape, but also how it shapes contemporary life in both the Cape and the Netherlands, as well as how it forms part of global North-South relations,” the authors say.
Participating in the event, moderated by Hodan Warsame, are Tauriq Jenkins, Guno Jones, Marjan Boelsma, Mitchell Esajas, Markus Balkenhol, Nancy Jouwe and Carine Zaayman. The event will be moderated by Hodan Warsame. The launch will be mainly in English, but questions can be posed in Dutch. It will take place from 14:00 until 16:30.
The organisers invite all those interested to also join in after the launch for drinks and a musical performance by Shishani Vranckx. There will be an opportunity to buy copies of the book at the museum shop and to have copies signed by the authors. An excerpt of the book can be found here.
Visit the website of the Research Center for Material Culture for more information.
