One Book One Campus 2024
One Book One Campus is a reading event at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 which aims to broaden our understanding of the world, our communities, and ourselves through sharing a good book. It offers opportunities to meet and connect with others. The One Book One Campus project is coordinated by Agnes Andeweg, Associate Professor at 木瓜福利影视 College Utrecht This year鈥檚 selected book is Anton de Kom's We Slaves of Suriname (1934).
We Slaves of Suriname
Anton de Kom (1898-1945) was a Surinamese anti-colonial writer, activist and poet. De Kom advocated for equal rights for labourers in Suriname. For this work he was arrested and sent into exile by the Dutch colonial governors. During the Second World War he joined the communist resistance against the nazi's. His book We Slaves of Suriname, the first history of Suriname by a Surinamese author, is a scathing history of three centuries Dutch colonial rule. In 2020 De Kom was included into the . In 2023 the Dutch government rehabilitated Anton de Kom and formally apologized to De Kom's heirs.
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