Nicolaas (Cola) Debrot is een Antilliaans schrijver, arts, diplomaat en filosoof, die wordt beschouwd als de grondlegger van de Antilliaans-Nederlandse literatuur. Hij is mede-oprichter van het tijdschrift Criterium. Debrot is de auteur van een klein oeuvre. Zijn eerste novelle Mijn zuster de negerin is tevens zijn bekendste titel. De voornaamste verdienste van Debrot is, naast zijn eigen literaire werk, het… Lees verder »
Welcome to the website of Terramar Museum, a historical and archaeological museum in the center of Kralendijk on the Dutch Caribbean island Bonaire. A visit to Terramar Museum will take you on a journey through 7,000 years of Caribbean history, from the earliest Amerindian settlers to the age of exploration and the colonial era. Once you set foot inside, you… Lees verder »
Abstract Brua is an Afro-Caribbean religion and healing tradition from the southern part of the former Netherlands Antilles. Like other Caribbean healing traditions, it plays a significant role in shaping how individuals experience and express disorders which Western health professionals consider to require psychiatric care. Because little has been published on Brua, and because patients from Aruba, Bonaire, and Curac¸ao… Lees verder »
The Dutch Antillean islands have been part of the Dutch Kingdom since colonisation in the seventeenth century, but have only in the last thirty years gotten increasing attention in postcolonial studies. By doing visual research of photographs of the islands Aruba and Bonaire, this thesis contributes to the relatively small body of work about the islands in a way… Lees verder »
Summary This master thesis focuses on the socio-cultural formation of the community of Rincon in Bonaire between 1816 and 2010. The main question, which is examined, is why we can still consider this time period as being characterized by creolization. Language is an important element of a culture and when cultural changes in a language develop, it is an important… Lees verder »
“The computer [and newer forms of media providing instant access to digital content at any place and time] represent a new resource…that previously did not exist among migrants” (Hiller, Franz 2004: 731), changing their experience as a result of these advancements in technology, providing resources that were previously unavailable (Hiller, Franz 2004: 737). Ties to the countries of origin, formations… Lees verder »