Keti koti

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Keti Koti

"Keti Koti," means "Broken Chains" in Sranantongo, a language spoken in Suriname.

Keti Koti is celebrated on July 1st to mark the abolition of slavery in Suriname in 1863.

Slavery

Slavery

Listening activity

Watch the video
Discuss themes of the clip 

how it relates to the history of slavery and freedom.

The history of slavery

For more than 300 years, adults and children were abducted from various parts of Africa ─ by Dutch and other slave traders ─ and transported under the most appalling conditions to the former Dutch colonies of Suriname and the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Eustatius and St Maarten. There they were forced to work as slaves on plantations producing sugar, coffee and other crops.

Picture

Slaverycamp in Suriname, jonkheer Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest, naar Gerard Voorduin, 1860 - 1862 (via Rijksmuseum)

Read the article on the next slide. On wednesday you present what you have read. You have a lot freedom for this assignment!

Make it into a:

• Summary
  
• Comparison
  
• Poem
  
• Story
  
• Write about modern slavery 

Picture

Slaverycamp in Suriname, jonkheer Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest, naar Gerard Voorduin, 1860 - 1862 (via Rijksmuseum)

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The indigenous peoples of the Dutch colonies were not spared either. In Asia, enslaved people were sold and transported to areas governed by the United Dutch East India Company (VOC). For generations, people were born into slavery and forced to work on Dutch plantations their entire lives. Slavery enabled the Netherlands to become an economic world power.

Read the article on the next slide. On wednesday you present what you have read. You have a lot freedom for this assignment!

Make it into a: 

• Summary
• Comparison 
• Poem 
• Story 
• Write about modern slavery 

Homework

Write a short paragraph (150 words) 

What is Keti Koti?

 Why Keti Koti is an important day?