St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance
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Protested excavations of our Ancestors’ remains at plantation burial ground Golden Rock in 2021. Preserving endangered, marginalized Afrikan heritage in the (Dutch) Caribbean. Opposing 250 First Salute celebrations in 2026. Decolonization of archaeology.
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Golden Rock & Godet Afrikan burial sites St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean have been recognized by UNESCO as significant sites tied to the legacies of enslavement on October 9th. We, a grassroots organization, initiated this #proud #africanburialground steustatiusafrikanburialground.org/unesco/press...
And that small island is … St. Eustatius. Where our excavated Ancestors have been stored in boxes now for almost 5 years 😓 This article is definitely worth a read. Thank you @jcooperman.bsky.social
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How the Wreckage of Slavery Washes Upon the Shores of a Small Island - Common Reader
This island is extraordinary, and indifferent to that fact. The past is alive wherever you turn, though with few historic markers and little protection. Artifacts, ruins, and human remains have been t...
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September 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
And that small island is … St. Eustatius. Where our excavated Ancestors have been stored in boxes now for almost 5 years 😓 This article is definitely worth a read. Thank you @jcooperman.bsky.social
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Door journalisten te doden, verblindt Israël de wereld www.ftm.nl/artikelen/st...
Door journalisten te doden, verblindt Israël de wereld
Het cliché wil dat in oorlogen de waarheid als eerste sneuvelt. Dat is zeker zo als een van de partijen stelselmatig journalisten tegenwerkt of domweg doodt. Israël doet dat in Gaza, waar al ruim twee...
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September 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Donderdag 28 augustus a.s. speciale vertoning van de bekroonde documentaire ‘A Story of Bones’. Aanvang 18:00 kantoor Broos instituut, Stationsweg 28 Weesp. Documentairemaker en activist Annina van Neel is persoonlijk aanwezig voor een nagesprek. #afrikanburialgrounds #sainthelena #liberatedafricans
Broos Instituut vertoont “A Story of Bones” met nagesprek met maker Annina van Neel
Het Broos Instituut houdt aanstaande donderdag 28 augustus 2025 een speciale vertoning van de bekroonde documentaire A Story of Bones. De screening vindt plaats om 18:00 uur in het kantoor van het Ins...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Donderdag 28 augustus a.s. speciale vertoning van de bekroonde documentaire ‘A Story of Bones’. Aanvang 18:00 kantoor Broos instituut, Stationsweg 28 Weesp. Documentairemaker en activist Annina van Neel is persoonlijk aanwezig voor een nagesprek. #afrikanburialgrounds #sainthelena #liberatedafricans
Published today, 2nd edition of Originsss magazine “featuring powerful stories and reflections grounded in Caribbean spirit and resilience. From moving interviews to thought-provoking essays”.
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On p29 an article about the Alliance: “The Fight for Ancestral Dignity”
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On p29 an article about the Alliance: “The Fight for Ancestral Dignity”
Originsss Issue 2
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June 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Published today, 2nd edition of Originsss magazine “featuring powerful stories and reflections grounded in Caribbean spirit and resilience. From moving interviews to thought-provoking essays”.
online.fliphtml5.com/hmyhl/tcdr/
On p29 an article about the Alliance: “The Fight for Ancestral Dignity”
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On p29 an article about the Alliance: “The Fight for Ancestral Dignity”
Open invitation online Pan-Afrikan gathering: Sunday, May 25. Celebrate Afrikan Liberation Day with kindred souls!
Keynote speakers: Kim Williams-Pulfer, Independent Researcher Philantropic & Caribbean Studies & Kimani Nehusi, Africologist Temple University
Short link: bit.ly/ALD25MAY
Keynote speakers: Kim Williams-Pulfer, Independent Researcher Philantropic & Caribbean Studies & Kimani Nehusi, Africologist Temple University
Short link: bit.ly/ALD25MAY
May 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Open invitation online Pan-Afrikan gathering: Sunday, May 25. Celebrate Afrikan Liberation Day with kindred souls!
Keynote speakers: Kim Williams-Pulfer, Independent Researcher Philantropic & Caribbean Studies & Kimani Nehusi, Africologist Temple University
Short link: bit.ly/ALD25MAY
Keynote speakers: Kim Williams-Pulfer, Independent Researcher Philantropic & Caribbean Studies & Kimani Nehusi, Africologist Temple University
Short link: bit.ly/ALD25MAY
Four years after the controversial excavations the archaeological report is still not released.
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Statia Implementation Committee Urges Release of Archaeological Report - BES Reporter
The Statia Cultural Heritage Implementation Committee (SCHIC) is urgently requesting the release of the archaeological report
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February 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Four years after the controversial excavations the archaeological report is still not released.
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Alliance and @unesconl.bsky.social delegation place flowers in honor of the Ancestors at the Afrikan burial grounds Golden Rock, Godet, and Congo. Golden Rock and Godet Afrikan burial ground received the label ‘UNESCO Routes of Enslaved Peoples’ (article St. Maarten’s The Daily Herald today) 🤎🖤❤️
January 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Alliance and @unesconl.bsky.social delegation place flowers in honor of the Ancestors at the Afrikan burial grounds Golden Rock, Godet, and Congo. Golden Rock and Godet Afrikan burial ground received the label ‘UNESCO Routes of Enslaved Peoples’ (article St. Maarten’s The Daily Herald today) 🤎🖤❤️
On January 26, Kenneth Cuvalay and Derrick Simmons of the St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance, together with the Heritage Inspector, Raimie Richardson, led a delegation of the UNESCO Netherlands Commission around the historical Afrikan burial grounds Golden Rock, Godet, and Congo on Statia
January 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
On January 26, Kenneth Cuvalay and Derrick Simmons of the St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance, together with the Heritage Inspector, Raimie Richardson, led a delegation of the UNESCO Netherlands Commission around the historical Afrikan burial grounds Golden Rock, Godet, and Congo on Statia
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For the first time, Surinamese students will look at life on a former Surinamese plantation from an African perspective: what can still be found of the African influences and how the descendant community cultivated the plantation after the abolition of slavery. afromagazine.eu/news/broos-i...
Broos Institute launches archaeological research on former plantation in Suriname
Students from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (AdeKUS) are set to spend a week on a former plantation in Boven Suriname in the last week of January 2025, where they will conduct archaeological...
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January 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
For the first time, Surinamese students will look at life on a former Surinamese plantation from an African perspective: what can still be found of the African influences and how the descendant community cultivated the plantation after the abolition of slavery. afromagazine.eu/news/broos-i...
For the Statia Afrikan descendent community: On February 1st we will come together to talk and plan the reburial ceremony for the Ancestral Remains currently stored in the Heritage House. And about ways in which we can better protect and safeguard our cultural heritage in legislation and ordinances.
January 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For the Statia Afrikan descendent community: On February 1st we will come together to talk and plan the reburial ceremony for the Ancestral Remains currently stored in the Heritage House. And about ways in which we can better protect and safeguard our cultural heritage in legislation and ordinances.
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The Portland Rehabilitation Centre in rural #Jamaica is more than a homeless shelter - it is guided by four principles: prevention, early assessment, diversion and inclusion. Besides much-needed services, it aims to restore the residents' belief in themselves.
The Portland Rehabilitation Centre in rural #Jamaica is more than a homeless shelter - it is guided by four principles: prevention, early assessment, diversion and inclusion. Besides much-needed services, it aims to restore the residents' belief in themselves.
Donate to Help a Jamaican Homeless Shelter stay open!, organized by Maria Gullotta
We are the Portland Rehabilitation Management Homeless Shelter based i… Maria Gullotta needs your support for Help a Jamaican Homeless Shelter stay open!
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The Portland Rehabilitation Centre in rural #Jamaica is more than a homeless shelter - it is guided by four principles: prevention, early assessment, diversion and inclusion. Besides much-needed services, it aims to restore the residents' belief in themselves.
The Portland Rehabilitation Centre in rural #Jamaica is more than a homeless shelter - it is guided by four principles: prevention, early assessment, diversion and inclusion. Besides much-needed services, it aims to restore the residents' belief in themselves.
Someone who visited St. Eustatius laid flowers for the Ancestors at the Golden Rock burial ground, the Godet burial ground, and at the Heritage House (where the 69 Ancestral remains of the Golden Rock excavations are stored, awaiting reburial).
What a wonderful gesture 🙏🏽❤️
What a wonderful gesture 🙏🏽❤️
January 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Someone who visited St. Eustatius laid flowers for the Ancestors at the Golden Rock burial ground, the Godet burial ground, and at the Heritage House (where the 69 Ancestral remains of the Golden Rock excavations are stored, awaiting reburial).
What a wonderful gesture 🙏🏽❤️
What a wonderful gesture 🙏🏽❤️
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“Their Veneration for Every Thing Connected with the Grave”: Evidence of an Afro-Barbadian Burial Ground at Society Plantation, Barbados, West Indies, by Matthew C. Reilly, Brian Whiting & Newlands Greenidge, doi.org/10.1080/2161...
#HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas
#HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas
January 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Their Veneration for Every Thing Connected with the Grave”: Evidence of an Afro-Barbadian Burial Ground at Society Plantation, Barbados, West Indies, by Matthew C. Reilly, Brian Whiting & Newlands Greenidge, doi.org/10.1080/2161...
#HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas
#HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporas
St Vincent and the Grenadines. Thousands died on Baliceaux in the 1790s as the British almost wiped out the descendants of Africans and Indigenous Kalinagos. Now the island is for sale www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Once a site of horror, a tiny Caribbean island could become a Garifuna shrine
Thousands died on Baliceaux in the 1790s as the British almost wiped out the descendants of Africans and Indigenous Kalinagos. Now the island is for sale
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January 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
St Vincent and the Grenadines. Thousands died on Baliceaux in the 1790s as the British almost wiped out the descendants of Africans and Indigenous Kalinagos. Now the island is for sale www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Barbados. 😢 The construction of a heritage project by the state-owned tourism developer has led to the desecration of graves at the Newton Enslaved Burial Ground in Christ Church, sparking outrage among spiritual leaders, historians and academics. barbadostoday.bb/2025/01/11/s...
Stakeholders demand halt to burial ground project after graves damaged - Barbados Today
The construction of a heritage project by the state-owned tourism developer has led to the desecration of graves at the Newton Enslaved Burial Ground in Christ Church, sparking outrage among…
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January 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Barbados. 😢 The construction of a heritage project by the state-owned tourism developer has led to the desecration of graves at the Newton Enslaved Burial Ground in Christ Church, sparking outrage among spiritual leaders, historians and academics. barbadostoday.bb/2025/01/11/s...
Peggy King Jorde was destined to play a part in the civil rights movement. Her father, a prominent lawyer, represented antiracist protesters. She was directly involved in the schools desegregation being one of the first black children in an otherwise all-white school.
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Outlook - Saving New York's African burial ground - BBC Sounds
Peggy King Jorde on doing the right thing for some of the first Africans in North America
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January 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Peggy King Jorde was destined to play a part in the civil rights movement. Her father, a prominent lawyer, represented antiracist protesters. She was directly involved in the schools desegregation being one of the first black children in an otherwise all-white school.
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Once again, St. Eustatius’ cultural heritage is being destroyed. The battle between preservation of cultural heritage & infrastructure projects continues, despite efforts of the heritage inspector, defending the island’s historic sites on his own.
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December 14, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Once again, St. Eustatius’ cultural heritage is being destroyed. The battle between preservation of cultural heritage & infrastructure projects continues, despite efforts of the heritage inspector, defending the island’s historic sites on his own.
steustatiusafrikanburialground.org/st-eustatius...
steustatiusafrikanburialground.org/st-eustatius...
Golden Rock & Godet Afrikan burial sites St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean have been recognized by UNESCO as significant sites tied to the legacies of enslavement on October 9th. We, a grassroots organization, initiated this #proud #africanburialground steustatiusafrikanburialground.org/unesco/press...
December 12, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Golden Rock & Godet Afrikan burial sites St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean have been recognized by UNESCO as significant sites tied to the legacies of enslavement on October 9th. We, a grassroots organization, initiated this #proud #africanburialground steustatiusafrikanburialground.org/unesco/press...
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'In North Carolina, a Black farmer purchased the plantation where his ancestors were enslaved—and is taking back his family’s story, his community’s health, and the soil beneath his feet.'
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Black Earth: A Family's Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation
Fourth-generation farmer Patrick Brown purchased a North Carolina plantation as an act of reclamation for his family, his community's health, and the soil beneath his feet.
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December 12, 2024 at 1:21 AM
'In North Carolina, a Black farmer purchased the plantation where his ancestors were enslaved—and is taking back his family’s story, his community’s health, and the soil beneath his feet.'
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Unesco erkent begraafplaatsen van totslaafgemaakten op Sint Eustatius
Unesco erkent begraafplaatsen van totslaafgemaakten op Sint Eustatius
De officiële erkenning van twee historische begraafplaatsen van totslaafgemaakten op Sint-Eustatius is een belangrijke stap voor de lokale gemeenschap.
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October 11, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Unesco erkent begraafplaatsen van totslaafgemaakten op Sint Eustatius
Also in the Caribbean, South America and even in African countries African burial grounds are under threat.
Tracing Charleston’s History of Slavery, From a Burial Ground to a DNA Swab
A quest to find living descendants of 36 enslaved people has transformed into a project that gives Black residents new clues to their ancestry, wherever it may lead.
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December 12, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Also in the Caribbean, South America and even in African countries African burial grounds are under threat.