Black Heritage Tour with Jennifer Tosch

On this walking tour, Jennifer Tosch reflects on and expands the histories surfaced in Buhlebezwe Siwani’s project ulwela amaza.

 

Starting at the National Monument at the Dam Square with a brief introduction, we will travel through the oldest part of the city (De Wallen/Red Light District) and some UNESCO World Heritage Sites, to explore the city’s ‘hidden history’ of the early presence of free and not-free people who came from all over the world;  but also of colonial symbols on canal houses, national monuments and museums, just as sites of active resistance from the past and the present. 

 

Join us for this special event! Please sign up by emailing info@rozenstraat.com
Meeting point: National Monument, Dam Square

Note: Tour will last approx. 1.5hrs.

 

About the artist

Jennifer Tosch is the founder of Black Heritage Tours, which aims to reveal the hidden colonial history within the built environment. Guests explore the earliest presence of people, both free and enslaved, who arrived from various parts of the world.

 In addition, Jennifer is the co-founder of Sites of Memory, an organization that produces history-themed theater. 

 

She is also a member of the Mapping Slavery Project Netherlands and has co-authored three books: Amsterdam (2014, 2019), The Netherlands Slavery Heritage Guide (2019), and Dutch New York Histories (2017). Jennifer was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Surinamese parents. Her ancestors also come from Suriname and West Africa; and, since 1944, the Netherlands.