Markus Balkenhol is a researcher at Meertens Institute. His most recent publications include Atlantic Perspectives: Places, Spirits and Heritage, co-edited with Ruy Llera Blanes and Ramon Sarró, (2019, Berghahn Books).

“This book offers a fascinating study of the often implicit ways in which the memory of slavery affects present-day relations in the Bijlmer, a suburb of Amsterdam that since the 1970s became ever more marked by Afro-Surinamese presence.” Peter Geschiere, University of Amsterdam

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Politics of AutochthonyChapter 2. Negotiating Colonial GeographiesChapter 3. Practices of Diaspora.Chapter 4. Kaskawina – Politics of a Lower FrequencyChapter 5. Doing Cultural Heritage: Race, Gender, and the Politics of AuthenticationConclusionReferencesIndex

Markus Balkenhol is a researcher at Meertens Institute. His most recent publications include Atlantic Perspectives: Places, Spirits and Heritage, co-edited with Ruy Llera Blanes and Ramon Sarró, (2019, Berghahn Books).

“This book offers a fascinating study of the often implicit ways in which the memory of slavery affects present-day relations in the Bijlmer, a suburb of Amsterdam that since the 1970s became ever more marked by Afro-Surinamese presence.” Peter Geschiere, University of Amsterdam

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Politics of AutochthonyChapter 2. Negotiating Colonial GeographiesChapter 3. Practices of Diaspora.Chapter 4. Kaskawina – Politics of a Lower FrequencyChapter 5. Doing Cultural Heritage: Race, Gender, and the Politics of AuthenticationConclusionReferencesIndex

Markus Balkenhol is a researcher at Meertens Institute. His most recent publications include Atlantic Perspectives: Places, Spirits and Heritage, co-edited with Ruy Llera Blanes and Ramon Sarró, (2019, Berghahn Books).

“This book offers a fascinating study of the often implicit ways in which the memory of slavery affects present-day relations in the Bijlmer, a suburb of Amsterdam that since the 1970s became ever more marked by Afro-Surinamese presence.” Peter Geschiere, University of Amsterdam

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Politics of AutochthonyChapter 2. Negotiating Colonial GeographiesChapter 3. Practices of Diaspora.Chapter 4. Kaskawina – Politics of a Lower FrequencyChapter 5. Doing Cultural Heritage: Race, Gender, and the Politics of AuthenticationConclusionReferencesIndex