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      • 1 juli vrij
      • HZT x The Black Archives
      • TBA x LUSH: Zwarte geschiedenis is Nederlandse geschiedenis
      • Patta x The Black Archives
      • So So Lobi 2 Winne x Patta x TopNotch
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    • All Power To The People! Reading List
  • Agenda
    • 13/10 Tula: over Tambú, de vrijheidsstrijd en eerherstel
    • Manifest voor Zwarte Emancipatie >
      • Anti-zwart racisme - actieonderzoek
    • Events (Uit het verleden) >
      • 21 September 2023: Net als ik’ & ‘Waka nanga mi’
      • 8-9 September 2023: Huiswoud Symposium
      • 19/6 Collegetour over Doorwerking Slavernijverleden
      • OOSTCAST: wandelroute & podcast
      • 10/5 Afrospirituality in the Everyday
      • 12/5 Books & Bites Festival: Eindfeest TBA
      • 22/4 BLACK_ women podcast
      • 9/3 Vrouwen van Suriname / Oema Foe Sranan
      • 12/3 Talk: Boto Banja met Raoul de Jong
      • 18/3 'Zwart Op Wit' Boekpresentatie
      • 3/2 Film Screening 'What The Soil Remembers'
      • 5/11 Museumnacht @ TBA
      • 21/10 Black Business Meeting 2022
      • 14/10: Hoe Dapper was Vrolik? Hoe Vrolik was Dapper?
      • Expo: Zwart Manifest @ OSCAM >
        • 4/3 2022: Finissage Zwart Manifest Expo
        • OPEN CALL: Manifesting the Manifesto
      • 30/9: Safe spacesessie met Jilllian Emanuels
      • 1/7 Keti Koti special @ Keti Koti festival Oosterpark
      • Erken 1 Juli Als Nationale Dag! #1juli
      • 2/7: DSGN-IN symposium: Pilot Bijlmer Dossier
      • 2/4/22: Publieksopening Zwartheid Onder Ogen Zien | Facing Blackness
      • 29/4/22: Booklaunch ‘Afropean: Notes from Black Europe’'
      • 21/3 2022: Townhall Sessie NCDR Anti
      • Expositie: W.E.B. Du Bois - Charting Black Lives
      • Open oproep: DSGN-IN - Bijlmer Dossier
      • TBA Muur van Zwarte & Surinaamse helden
      • All Power To The People Reading List
      • Reeds geweest >
        • 6/11 Museumnacht: Black Joy As A Form Of Resistance
        • 8/10: Black Professional Meeting 2021
        • Expo 'Surinaamse School' @ Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
        • TBA x Sonsbeek: Sound Waves of Resistance
        • Expo: Zwarte Beweging: #BlackLivesMatterNL
        • 25/9 Verzwegen Verzet: de zmv-beweging
        • 9/4 The Hidden History of The Moors @ Museum het Rembrandthuis
        • 19/1 101 jaar Ons Suriname festival
        • 15/10: Boekpresentatie Antonlogie >
          • Anton de Kom Schrijfwedstrijd
        • M1 (Dead Prez) - Bigger Than HipHop Q&A
        • 22/2 Memre Anton de Kom | Herinner Anton de Kom
        • Books & BBQ festival 2019
        • Keti Koti 2019 x The Black Archives
        • 'Books We Share, That Make Us Care'
        • 100 jaar vereniging Ons Suriname festival
        • 27/8 HIER. Zwart in Amsterdam
        • 45 Jaar Srefidensi online special
        • 18/10 Why Freedom Could't Wait
        • Lancering poster Tien keer meer geschiedenis
        • 30 Mei 1969 - Trinta di Mei
        • The Black Vote
        • Debate Venice Biennale: The Measurement of Presence
        • Conversation with Kimberlé Crenshaw
        • Books & BBQ festival 2018
        • Reimagining the Black Body
        • Retelling Black Radicalism w/ Kehinde Andrews
        • Docu Daddy & the Warlord
        • Fort Nieuw Amsterdam: gedeeld cultureel erfgoed
        • Summer Reading Sessions on Black Radical Thought
        • 5/10 De Verzwegen Geschiedenis van Zwart Verzet
        • 13-18 mei: Angela Davis & Gina Dent
        • De Zwarte Lijst
        • Martin Luther King Jr.
        • Anton de Kom
        • Lezing Philomena Essed
        • Gloria Wekker - Witte Onschuld
        • 1 juli: The Black Archives x Keti Koti: launch crowdfunding campagne!
        • Past exhibitions >
          • Exhibition: Facing Blackness
          • Photo exhibition 'Afropean' by Johny Pitts
          • Exhibition: W.E.B. Du Bois - Charting Black Lives
        • Expo: Onze * Tori (2018)
  • Exposities
    • Expo: CAPE x Utrecht
    • Expo: Geen Heling, Zonder Herstel
    • Geen Punt | Geen Heling, Zonder Herstel >
      • Geen Punt | Deel je mening
    • Exposities (Geweest) >
      • BLACK - the Expo
      • Expo Manspasi: een verbonden geschiedenis van strijd in Suriname en Nederland
      • Expo: Facing Blackness | Zwartheid Onder Ogen Komen
      • Expositie: 100 jaar Surinamers in Nederland
      • Pop-up expo 'Ga Terug En Haal Het' met Clarice Gargard
      • Documenta 15 x TBA
      • Photo exhibition 'Afropean' by Johny Pitts
  • Webshop
    • Anton de Kom - Wij Slaven van Suriname
    • Interwoven histories t-shirt
    • Poster '10x meer geschiedenis'
    • Antonlogie
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About us
    • The Black Archives will move (temporarily)
    • FAQ
  • Donate
  • Agenda
    • 7/1 TBA x Keti Koti Festival - 'No Full Stop' program
    • 7/1 Protest march 'No Healing, Without Repairl'
  • Archives
  • Tours + Exhibition
    • Expo: CAPE x Utrecht
    • Exhibition: No Healing, Without Repair >
      • Translation | Exhibition: No Healing, Without Repair
    • No Full Stop | No Healing, Without Repair >
      • No Full Stop | Share your opinion
  • Buy
    • Poster '10x more history'
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Over ons
    • TBA gaat (tijdelijk) verhuizen!
    • Diensten
    • TBA wint Stimuleringsprijs AFK!
    • Vacatures >
      • Vacature: Marketing & Communicatie (24u p/w)
      • Stage Productie ondersteuning
      • Stage Marketing en Communicatie ondersteuning
      • Stage Archief beheer
      • Stage Administratief Assistent
    • In de media >
      • Bekladding van pand vereniging Ons Suriname en The Black Archives is poging tot racistische intimidatie
      • ‘Geen wegen blokkeren maar bruggen bouwen’ - NUC / TBA Statement
    • Samenwerkingen / Collabs >
      • 1 juli vrij
      • HZT x The Black Archives
      • TBA x LUSH: Zwarte geschiedenis is Nederlandse geschiedenis
      • Patta x The Black Archives
      • So So Lobi 2 Winne x Patta x TopNotch
    • Meest gestelde vragen
    • Kijk met ons mee!
  • Doneren
    • Wat willen wij met de donaties doen?
  • Archieven
    • Archieven
    • TBA Podcast
    • The Black Archives Bijlmer
    • De Huiswoud Collectie
    • De Philomena Essed collectie
    • De Heilbron Collectie
    • De Willemsen Collectie
    • De Corsten Collectie
    • All Power To The People! Reading List
  • Agenda
    • 13/10 Tula: over Tambú, de vrijheidsstrijd en eerherstel
    • Manifest voor Zwarte Emancipatie >
      • Anti-zwart racisme - actieonderzoek
    • Events (Uit het verleden) >
      • 21 September 2023: Net als ik’ & ‘Waka nanga mi’
      • 8-9 September 2023: Huiswoud Symposium
      • 19/6 Collegetour over Doorwerking Slavernijverleden
      • OOSTCAST: wandelroute & podcast
      • 10/5 Afrospirituality in the Everyday
      • 12/5 Books & Bites Festival: Eindfeest TBA
      • 22/4 BLACK_ women podcast
      • 9/3 Vrouwen van Suriname / Oema Foe Sranan
      • 12/3 Talk: Boto Banja met Raoul de Jong
      • 18/3 'Zwart Op Wit' Boekpresentatie
      • 3/2 Film Screening 'What The Soil Remembers'
      • 5/11 Museumnacht @ TBA
      • 21/10 Black Business Meeting 2022
      • 14/10: Hoe Dapper was Vrolik? Hoe Vrolik was Dapper?
      • Expo: Zwart Manifest @ OSCAM >
        • 4/3 2022: Finissage Zwart Manifest Expo
        • OPEN CALL: Manifesting the Manifesto
      • 30/9: Safe spacesessie met Jilllian Emanuels
      • 1/7 Keti Koti special @ Keti Koti festival Oosterpark
      • Erken 1 Juli Als Nationale Dag! #1juli
      • 2/7: DSGN-IN symposium: Pilot Bijlmer Dossier
      • 2/4/22: Publieksopening Zwartheid Onder Ogen Zien | Facing Blackness
      • 29/4/22: Booklaunch ‘Afropean: Notes from Black Europe’'
      • 21/3 2022: Townhall Sessie NCDR Anti
      • Expositie: W.E.B. Du Bois - Charting Black Lives
      • Open oproep: DSGN-IN - Bijlmer Dossier
      • TBA Muur van Zwarte & Surinaamse helden
      • All Power To The People Reading List
      • Reeds geweest >
        • 6/11 Museumnacht: Black Joy As A Form Of Resistance
        • 8/10: Black Professional Meeting 2021
        • Expo 'Surinaamse School' @ Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
        • TBA x Sonsbeek: Sound Waves of Resistance
        • Expo: Zwarte Beweging: #BlackLivesMatterNL
        • 25/9 Verzwegen Verzet: de zmv-beweging
        • 9/4 The Hidden History of The Moors @ Museum het Rembrandthuis
        • 19/1 101 jaar Ons Suriname festival
        • 15/10: Boekpresentatie Antonlogie >
          • Anton de Kom Schrijfwedstrijd
        • M1 (Dead Prez) - Bigger Than HipHop Q&A
        • 22/2 Memre Anton de Kom | Herinner Anton de Kom
        • Books & BBQ festival 2019
        • Keti Koti 2019 x The Black Archives
        • 'Books We Share, That Make Us Care'
        • 100 jaar vereniging Ons Suriname festival
        • 27/8 HIER. Zwart in Amsterdam
        • 45 Jaar Srefidensi online special
        • 18/10 Why Freedom Could't Wait
        • Lancering poster Tien keer meer geschiedenis
        • 30 Mei 1969 - Trinta di Mei
        • The Black Vote
        • Debate Venice Biennale: The Measurement of Presence
        • Conversation with Kimberlé Crenshaw
        • Books & BBQ festival 2018
        • Reimagining the Black Body
        • Retelling Black Radicalism w/ Kehinde Andrews
        • Docu Daddy & the Warlord
        • Fort Nieuw Amsterdam: gedeeld cultureel erfgoed
        • Summer Reading Sessions on Black Radical Thought
        • 5/10 De Verzwegen Geschiedenis van Zwart Verzet
        • 13-18 mei: Angela Davis & Gina Dent
        • De Zwarte Lijst
        • Martin Luther King Jr.
        • Anton de Kom
        • Lezing Philomena Essed
        • Gloria Wekker - Witte Onschuld
        • 1 juli: The Black Archives x Keti Koti: launch crowdfunding campagne!
        • Past exhibitions >
          • Exhibition: Facing Blackness
          • Photo exhibition 'Afropean' by Johny Pitts
          • Exhibition: W.E.B. Du Bois - Charting Black Lives
        • Expo: Onze * Tori (2018)
  • Exposities
    • Expo: CAPE x Utrecht
    • Expo: Geen Heling, Zonder Herstel
    • Geen Punt | Geen Heling, Zonder Herstel >
      • Geen Punt | Deel je mening
    • Exposities (Geweest) >
      • BLACK - the Expo
      • Expo Manspasi: een verbonden geschiedenis van strijd in Suriname en Nederland
      • Expo: Facing Blackness | Zwartheid Onder Ogen Komen
      • Expositie: 100 jaar Surinamers in Nederland
      • Pop-up expo 'Ga Terug En Haal Het' met Clarice Gargard
      • Documenta 15 x TBA
      • Photo exhibition 'Afropean' by Johny Pitts
  • Webshop
    • Anton de Kom - Wij Slaven van Suriname
    • Interwoven histories t-shirt
    • Poster '10x meer geschiedenis'
    • Antonlogie
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About us
    • The Black Archives will move (temporarily)
    • FAQ
  • Donate
  • Agenda
    • 7/1 TBA x Keti Koti Festival - 'No Full Stop' program
    • 7/1 Protest march 'No Healing, Without Repairl'
  • Archives
  • Tours + Exhibition
    • Expo: CAPE x Utrecht
    • Exhibition: No Healing, Without Repair >
      • Translation | Exhibition: No Healing, Without Repair
    • No Full Stop | No Healing, Without Repair >
      • No Full Stop | Share your opinion
  • Buy
    • Poster '10x more history'
  • Contact
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The Black Archives will move (temporarily)

The Black Archives is moving! But we will be back. This fall, we are temporarily relocating to the Amsterdamse Poort (Bijlmer) due to the renovation of the building belonging to the ‘Our Suriname Association’. Since its establishment, TBA has managed to have a significant impact with its exhibitions, archive, events, and activism, and we are very proud of this. To continue our work in a sustainable manner, renovation of the building is greatly needed.
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Why is TBA moving?
TBA was born in 2016 when the student collective New Urban Collective moved into the building of VOS, the 'Hugo Olijfveld Huis.' The building is owned by the ‘Our Suriname Association’, the oldest association of Surinamese people in the Netherlands, where we found a very special collection. After decades of wonderful activities, the building is in need of refurbishment, which will be carried out in phases over the coming years. The first floor was renovated in 2019, a portion of the ground floor was renovated in 2021-2022, and in 2023, the second floor of the building—where The Black Archives is located—will be tackled. The windows and roof will be better insulated, and the spaces will be designed to better accommodate and safely preserve our unique collections and exhibitions. Learn more about the Suriname Museum.
In the long term, we aim to realize a thorough renovation of the building, including the installation of an elevator to improve accessibility. However, additional resources are needed for this purpose.

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The Black Archives is moving! But we will be back. This fall, we are temporarily relocating to the Amsterdamse Poort (Bijlmer) due to the renovation of the building belonging to the ‘Our Suriname Association’. Since its establishment, TBA has managed to have a significant impact with its exhibitions, archive, events, and activism, and we are very proud of this. To continue our work in a sustainable manner, renovation of the building is greatly needed.

Why is TBA moving?
TBA was born in 2016 when the student collective New Urban Collective moved into the building of VOS, the 'Hugo Olijfveld Huis.' The building is owned by the ‘Our Suriname Association’, the oldest association of Surinamese people in the Netherlands, where we found a very special collection. After decades of wonderful activities, the building is in need of refurbishment, which will be carried out in phases over the coming years. The first floor was renovated in 2019, a portion of the ground floor was renovated in 2021-2022, and in 2023, the second floor of the building—where The Black Archives is located—will be tackled. The windows and roof will be better insulated, and the spaces will be designed to better accommodate and safely preserve our unique collections and exhibitions. Learn more about the Suriname Museum.

In the long term, we aim to realize a thorough renovation of the building, including the installation of an elevator to improve accessibility. However, additional resources are needed for this purpose.

What does this move mean for TBA?
​TBA has over 10,000 unique books and documents that need to be handled with care. We have a relatively small team and work with volunteers to inventory the collections. In May-June 2023, an "internal move" will take place first. The original archive will be temporarily relocated from the top floor (Zeeburgerdijk 19b) to the ground floor (Zeeburgerdijk 21), where the Facing Blackness exhibition was held. The new location in the Bijlmer will open in the fall, and the exact opening date will be announced later. Stay updated through our social media channels and newsletter.

What will TBA do in the Bijlmer?
In the Bijlmer, we aim to build a community archive where we not only share silenced histories and Black culture but also engage with and be in contact with the community. We currently have a large collection focused on the Surinamese community and history, but we want to expand the collection to include stories, books, documents, and other archival materials from Caribbean and African communities. Do you have any ideas and suggestions for this?

What will TBA do during the summer and around July 1st (Keti Koti)?
On July 1st, 2023, we will commemorate the abolition of slavery, which took place 150/160 years ago. In December, Mark Rutte, on behalf of the Netherlands, ‘apologized’ for its role in slavery. There was much dissatisfaction with the way the apologies were made. Because what do apologies mean without a sincere dialogue with the descendants of enslaved people? What is the significance of apologies if they are not connected to restitution and reparations? And what do descendants of enslaved people need to heal and address the injustices and inequalities resulting from the legacy of slavery? "We are writing not a full stop, but a comma" said Rutte, quoting artist Serana Angelista. Which words and sentences do we want to see after the comma?

On July 8th, 2023, The Black Archives will open an exploratory exhibition centered around these questions. What does healing mean to you? What does restitution mean to you? Share your thoughts and opinions in the exhibition! You can also learn about the history of resistance by Maroons, the parliamentary debate on the abolition of slavery, and have the opportunity to visit our unique archive.



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Openingstijden/Opening Times

Onze tentoonstellingsruimte is open t/m 31 oktober 2023 (zomerstop: 8 augustus - 31 augustus). Volg ons op social media de laatste updates! Neem contact op via de pagina contact voor rondleidingen buiten het programma.

Our exhibition space is open until October 31, 2023 (summer break: August 8 - August 31). Follow us on social media for the latest updates. Contact us via the page contact for tours outside our program.

(Rolstoel)toegankelijkheid/Accessibility

Momenteel beschikt The Black Archives niet over een speciale ingang en lift voor personen met een fysieke beperking en voor rolstoelgebruikers.  Er is een traplift bij grotere evenementen bij ingang 19A. 

At this moment, The Black Archives does not have a special entrance or lift for person of disability. There is a stairlift available during our events at Zeeburgerdijk 19A. 

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