November 13, 2025

Lemi Ghariokwu: The King of Covers | Exhibition of renowned Nigerian illustrator/designer at Rush Hour Store

Amsterdam – Lemi Ghariokwu: The King of Covers, a selection of thirty designs by the Nigerian illustrator and designer, will be on display at Amsterdam-based record shop Rush Hour Store from November 1-28, 2023. The renowned artist, best known for his long-standing collaboration with Fela Kuti, the father of Afrobeat, will open the exhibition himself […]

November 13, 2025

Caribbean Ancestry Club (CAC) is hosting a workshop “How to Find my Caribbean Ancestors?”

The Caribbean Ancestry Club (CAC) is hosting a workshop “How to Find my Caribbean Ancestors?”, at the Nationaal Archief in The Hague November 4. The organizers, who bill themselves as a community platform for and by ABCSSS community members, note in their Facebook announcement that this event “is your chance to embark on this important journey with us if you always wanted to delve into the archives to search for your Caribbean ancestors from the ABCSSS islands?”

November 13, 2025

Dutch covid memorial includes stories from Black communities, islands

Amsterdam — The memorial “National Reflection on Covid” that opens today, Friday 29 in the Provinciehuis in North Brabant, will present an as inclusive as possible picture of the Netherlands during the corona years. On the eve of the opening ceremony, Arno Brok, the King’s Commissioner in the province of Fryslân, emphasized that much effort went into including stories from the Caribbean islands into the retrospective.

November 13, 2025

St. Eustatius Alliance kicks off family heritage project with community gathering and screening of ‘A Story of Bones’

ST. EUSTATIUS — The St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance kicks off the family heritage project “Remember Statia: Tracing Our Origins” on Tuesday evening March 26 at 7 pm in the public library on St. Eustatius. It is a public event where people can walk in, ask questions about the project and watch the documentary “A […]