EP 68: Maartje & Peggy (go beyond) The Plantation of our Ancestors
Maartje Duin & Peggy Bouva found a unique connection and turned it into something beautiful and important. The two created “The Plantation of Our Ancestors” (“De plantage van onze voorouders,” by VPRO - Dutch Public Radio) — an 8-part podcast series that uncovers and unpacks Holland’s history of slavery - from a very personal perspective. Maartje is a podcast producer of Dutch noble descent, whose family wealth came from the ownership of plantations in Suriname, where Peggy’s ancestors were slaves. But this is NOT a story of white guilt or black anger - it is one of understanding uncomfortable truths, and facing the future by remembering our past (together). The show has received international acclaim (soon to be translated to English), and more importantly, is a powerful conversation representative of what you should be hearing - and having.
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PODCAST TRAILER (in English)
NPR STORY
PODCAST SITE (in Dutch)
MENTIONS
FILM (Peggy): Hidden Figures (2016)
BOOK (Martje): Girl Woman Other (2019, Bernardine Evaristo)
PERSON (Maartje): Ira Glass
PERSON (Peggy): Kamala Harris