In 1595, two teenage boys were taken from Madagascar by Dutch traders on their first expedition to Asia. The traders renamed them Lourens and Madagascar. These boys became the first known enslaved individuals trafficked by what would later become the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Journalist Leendert van der Valk unearthed their story in the archives. Writer Clarice Gargard transformed Leendert’s findings into a powerful new theatre text.

In 1971, the television program Soul presented a legendary conversation between poet Nikki Giovanni and writer James Baldwin. They represent two generations reflecting on the reality of Blackness in a violent world, as well as love, family and the ways their personal experiences influence their art. In this edition of Radical Space, choreographer Vainergill Thurnim, poet Rohan Ayinde and saxophonist Diana Dzhabbar artistically continue this famous dialogue.

In this evening programme, we explore James Baldwin's legacy through the lens of music and historical sound clips from across the diaspora with DJ Lynnee Denise. Lynnee explores how sound cultures act as living archives and intellectual meeting places for the Black queer diaspora. Her work delves deep into underground club movements and musical movements within the African diaspora, using the power of music and sound to tell stories of resistance and survival.

Through music and poetry, Munganyende, Ashley and Djuwa remind us of the friendship between James Baldwin, Miriam Makeba and Nina Simone.

Op de planken is a podcast by Internationaal Theater Amsterdam in which our host, Richard Kofi, talks to makers about theater, society, and how these two influence each other. In this episode, ITA programmer Richard Kofi talks to choreographer Marlene Monteiro Freitas, one of the most innovative and groundbreaking makers in contemporary dance. Her performance Bacchae – Prelude to a Purge opened Brandhaarden last weekend.

Phantom Wizard's A Day in a Life is a ritual of activation, a sonic invocation - ushering in The Bookshop as a site of transformation.

This program specifically focuses on a quest for liberation from the afterlives of the colonial past and afterlives of slavery. During that time, divide-and-conquer mechanisms were structurally applied to legitimize exploitation and dismantle opposition, protest and revolt. Although slavery has been abolished, our thinking, our bodies, and thus our daily lives are still influenced by colonial traces, memories and behaviours.

The term ‘existential security’ became central to recent political debates, initially appearing as a common good.

Events in the exhibition (free entrance):Saturday October 8, 2-6 PM: Richard drawing, film screeningsSaturday October 15, 2-6 PM:...

This mural is part of the project Muren van West to create a collection of murals spread throughout Bos en Lommer, Amsterdam-West.

In 1595, the teenage boys Lourens and Madagascar became the first victims of Dutch traders' enslavement.

The situation is fluid is a multimedia exhibition of painting, photography, performance, sculpture, drawing, installation by 16 artists.