Post by Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong

Change is often a marathon instead of a sprint. It was therefore gratifying to witness and be part of #Keti #Koti commemoration and celebrations in Gemeente Wageningen and at Wageningen University & Research on 30 June/1 July. All the little 'drops of water' poured out by many people over the years have led to this current momentum. As part of last week's commemoration, I led a guided walking tour of the city of Wageningen. My rusty tour guiding skills got polished up in the process. During this walking tour we shared stories about the past, present and future of our mutually shared history of the slavery and colonial past. Prior to leading the tour, there was a screening of my NWO (Dutch Research Council) funded Veni film edumentary (The Embodied Absence of the Past: tourism's intersection with slavery and colonial heritage in the Ghana-Suriname-Netherlands Triangle) at the Impulse building on Wageningen University & Research campus. A trailer of the documentary is available here: https://lnkd.in/eTM8ZwcN The work still continues... #embodiedabsence #colonialheritage #Venidiaries #ERCStG2024 #Frictions #frictionsofspace #researchvalorisation #guidedwalkingtour #Wageningen #sharedhistory #emancipationday #shouldertoshoulder