On October 16 and 17, 2025, the symposium Surfacing: Chinese Caribbean Intellectual Thought and Creative Practice was held in Toronto, Canada. The symposium was organized by the Chinese Caribbean Scholarship Network (CCSN) and held at the Rosalie Sharp Pavilion, OCAD University. Richard Fung, Professor Emeritus at OCAD University invited me Read more…
THE MYTH OF ELDORADO THE BUTTERFLY AS A MYTHICAL CREATURE Before you read this blog, be welcome to read the following blogs first: Memories of the Past are like Butterflies Memories of the Past are like Butterflies is the title of a series of 8 paintings I created in 2014. Read more…
THE MYTH OF ELDORADOTHE OWLBefore you read this blog, be welcome to read the following blogs first: The owl of AthenaSuriname was a colony of the Netherlands and became an independent republic in 1975. Therefore, when I was born in 1952, I had the Dutch nationality. I acquired Surinamese nationality Read more…
THE MYTH OF ELDORADOTHE CROCODILE AS A MYTHICAL CREATUREBefore you read this blog, be welcome to read the following blogs first:* The Myth of El Dorado – Introduction* The Myth of El Dorado – In search of another gold A Surinamese CaimanA little over 40 years ago, we came to Read more…
THE MYTH OF EL DORADOTHE JAGUAR AS MYTHICAL CREATURE Before you read this blog, be welcome to read the following blogs first: Tigri A ballet friend told me that her uncle was an extraordinary hunter. He killed a tiger. Therefore, as a young teenager, I thought that tigers also lived Read more…
THE MYTH OF EL DORADO THE HUMMINGBIRD (COLIBRI) AS MYTHICAL CREATURE Before you read this blog, be welcome to read the following blogs first:* The Myth of El Dorado – Introduction* The Myth of El Dorado – In search of another gold The hummingbird Google the word ‘hummingbird’ and, within Read more…
THE MYTH OF EL DORADOIN SEARCH OF ANOTHER GOLD Before you read this blog, I invite you to read the following blog first: The Myth of El Dorado – Introduction For me, intuition is a very important part of myself as a human being. My intuition told me that the Read more…
THE MYTH OF EL DORADOINTRODUCTION A national perspective According to the lessons on Surinamese history at my elementary school, gold fever in Suriname already existed many, many years ago. At that time, in my perception, this gold fever had nothing to do with the old colonial system, the sugar plantations Read more…
In 1994, I made two paintings in which I wrote poems in Sranan Tongo, our native tongue. Painting I: Oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cmme ben dren wan dren a dren no ben de wan dren I had a dreamand it was not a dream Painting II: Oil on Read more…
Pupils of junior high school in a reading session The Educational Program of The Alakondre Dragongirl and the exhibition Alakondre Tori. Together with the publication of my novel ‘Het Alakondre Drakenmeisje’ (Alakondre dragon girl) and within my solo exhibition ‘Alakondre tori’ (Alakondre story), I organized an art educational program for Read more…