In june 2025, the book Volg het Spoor was published as a public-oriented edition of a research project on the involvement of Arnhem and the province of Gelderland in the Dutch slavery past. The book presents dozens of historical stories that link the city of Arnhem and its institutions, families, and streets to the Dutch colonial system and the transatlantic slave trade. I was asked to create the cover illustration for this publication.

From April 18 to August 31, 2025, Valkhof Museum presents the exhibition Bittere Oogst/Bitter Harvest. The exhibition reveals the hidden history of slavery and resistance through a unique diorama of a Surinamese coffee plantation from 1823, crafted by Gerrit Schouten. Artist Richard Kofi made the drawings for the poster of the exhibit. His project Draden van ons Nederlandse slavernijverleden is part of the exhibition's program.

In every province of the Netherlands, residents are working together on an impressive tapestry that depicts the regional history of the colonial slavery past. For Gelderland, artist and curator Richard Kofi designed a tapestry no less than 35 meters long, which expresses both history and hope for the future.

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.

In begon 1596 het Nederlandse aandeel in de trans-Atlantische slavenhandel. Veel eerder dan door historici werd aangenomen.

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