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Author: Anton de Kom ,
David McKay (University of Essex)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Polity Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.50cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.80cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9781509549016
ISBN 10: 1509549013
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 28 January 2022
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Almost ninety years after its first appearance, We Slaves of Suriname is still an exemplary description and analysis of Suriname's history, which has not lost its power of expression. From micro to macro situations, De Kom displays phenomenal psychological insight and an acute sense of the driving forces of class and race. Gloria Wekker, Professor Emerita, Utrecht University
one of the most important works of twentieth-century anticolonial literature. LSE Review of Books De Kom is to Suriname what Mandela is to South Africa: a heroic patriot, an advocate of the oppressed, and a symbol of resistance against colonialism. Unherd Almost ninety years after its first appearance, We Slaves of Suriname is still an exemplary description and analysis of Suriname's history, which has not lost its power of expression. From micro to macro situations, De Kom displays phenomenal psychological insight and an acute sense of the driving forces of class and race. Gloria Wekker, Professor Emerita, Utrecht University
De Kom is to Suriname what Mandela is to South Africa: a heroic patriot, an advocate of the oppressed, and a symbol of resistance against colonialism. Unherd Almost ninety years after its first appearance, We Slaves of Suriname is still an exemplary description and analysis of Suriname's history, which has not lost its power of expression. From micro to macro situations, De Kom displays phenomenal psychological insight and an acute sense of the driving forces of class and race. Gloria Wekker, Professor Emerita, Utrecht University
Author Information
Anton de Kom was a leading advocate of Surinamese independence from Dutch colonial rule. Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, on February 22, 1898, he was banished by the colonial authorities in 1933; he wrote We Slaves of Suriname from exile in the Netherlands, where it was first published in 1934. When World War II broke out, De Kom joined the Dutch resistance; he was arrested by the Germans in 1944 and deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp, where he died on April 24, 1945. In June 2020, Anton de Kom was added to the Dutch national core curriculum for history education (the Canon of the Netherlands) because of his central role in opposing racism and colonialism.
