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tessaspike's review against another edition
Voor op dit moment is het niet het juiste moment. Wat natuurlijk een privilege is om te zeggen, maar ik denk dat ik niet in de juiste mindset zit om zo diep in het onderwerp te duiken. Wel heb ik het audioboek klaar gezet om die later te luisteren.
mikkelmiguelon's review
5.0
I've always been romanticizing the exploration of new worlds. I loved reading about the Holland Empire and how Dutch names ended up on various maps. As a kid, it also drove me to play the game "Settlers of Catan" fondly. But I never thought about it from a domination of other people kind of perspective.
Nevertheless, 16th-century discovery voyages are inextricable from the ensuing establishment of exploitation of local resources, especially with the help of enslaved laborers from the African region. This book, written in 1933 (!) by the son of a former slave, is a magnificently clear and eloquent protest against the excruciating conditions in which hundreds of thousands of workers were forced to grind on plantations in the Dutch colony of Suriname. Especially, physical torture through flagellation is one that was completely normalized as a supposedly punitive measure.
Reading this has been a true eye-opener and as most have commented similarly, I believe we ought to teach newer generations the full story of colonial powers. All that generated wealth was evidently at the expense of others.
Nevertheless, 16th-century discovery voyages are inextricable from the ensuing establishment of exploitation of local resources, especially with the help of enslaved laborers from the African region. This book, written in 1933 (!) by the son of a former slave, is a magnificently clear and eloquent protest against the excruciating conditions in which hundreds of thousands of workers were forced to grind on plantations in the Dutch colony of Suriname. Especially, physical torture through flagellation is one that was completely normalized as a supposedly punitive measure.
Reading this has been a true eye-opener and as most have commented similarly, I believe we ought to teach newer generations the full story of colonial powers. All that generated wealth was evidently at the expense of others.
joyceontheroad's review against another edition
5.0
Monumentaal werk dat jaren te weinig aandacht heeft gekregen. Een boek dat bekender moet zijn. De Kom beschrijft een kraakhelder beeld rondom de geschiedenis van Suriname vanuit een frisser perspectief. Zijn stijl van schrijven is doordrenkt met intelligente humor. De woordkeuze is pijnlijk genoeg bijna poëtisch.
anna_pardo's review against another edition
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.75
Que a aquestes alçades les barbaries de l'home blanc i el capitalisme encara em sorprenguin, diu molt de la maldat del món. Interessant repàs de la història de Surinam en els últims segles, inextricable de l'esclavitud.
renatevanderveen's review
4.0
Indrukwekkende beschrijving van de historie van Suriname tot 1934. Een beeld gekregen van de slavernij door de Nederlandsers. We staan er slecht op in vergelijking met bijvoorbeeld Frankrijk en Engeland. Heel waardevol om te lezen en (zelf)inzicht te vergroten.