Keti Koti: National Historic Slavery Remembrance Day

Want to try cooking and eating traditional Surinamese food? Or learn about the history of Dutch colonial slavery in Suriname? Tonight you can do both! Join us on Saturday the 29th of June for a free cooking workshop, dinner, and lecture.

July 1st is Keti Koti, the day we commemorate the abolition of the Dutch transatlantic slave trade in July 1873. Keti Koti means ‘broken chains’ in Surinamese. In co-creation with SUBEST Delft (Surinamese association), X, and KIP Republic (founder of Free Heri Heri For All) we are hosting a festive event in the weekend prior to the official ceremonies. We invite you to learn more about the history and celebrate freedom with a special meal, good conversations and lovely company! 

In remembrance of the enslaved we connect with the present day by organising this evening open to all. In co-creation with Free Heri Heri For All you can learn to make Heri Heri, a traditional Suriname dish, in our Freetown Kitchen.

Don’t have time for the workshop? You can also join for dinner, where we will start with an introduction and short talk by SUBEST Delft about Keti Koti, the slave trade, and Suriname, the Dutch Caribbean and the Netherlands. Following this, author Tirza Drisi will give a lecture about her most recent publication, historical novel Voorouderpijn op plantage Goudmijn (in English: Intergenerational Trauma at the plantation Goudmijn) about the plantation in Suriname where her grandfather was born.  After this, you can continue the conversation over dinner with your table companions. We’ll close this special event with some drinks and music. Come celebrate with us! 

Timeline 

• 16:00-19:00 Workshop cooking Heri Heri
• 19:00-19:30 Dinner + Introduction to Keti Koti
• 19:30-20:30 Lecture by author Tirza Drisi
• 20:30-22:00 Drinks (not included!) and music

The dish Heri Heri consists of vegetables, fish, and an egg. If you want a vegan or vegetarian option, or if you have allergies, please let us know via email: hosts-x@tudelft.nl  

You can enroll for the workshop+dinner or only for the dinner. Registration is via X Delft. If you don’t have an account at X Delft yet, we will provide instructions for making one! 

For more info on Free Heri Heri For All, check out: www.freeheriheriforall.com  

Organised by: SUBEST Delft (Surinaamse Bèta-Studenten Delft) in collaboration with SG and X TU Delft