{"id":1407,"date":"2025-11-26T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sandewhira.com\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2026-03-14T17:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:17:03","slug":"november-26-2025-suriname-palu-centrum-rewriting-history-apologies-from-the-king-reparations-and-decolonizing-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandewhira.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/26\/november-26-2025-suriname-palu-centrum-rewriting-history-apologies-from-the-king-reparations-and-decolonizing-the-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"November 26, 2025: Suriname, Paramaribo, PALU Centrum – Rewriting History, Apologies from the King, Reparations, and Decolonizing The Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

The call for the rewriting of Surinamese history has grown stronger in recent years with the recognition of slavery and colonialism as a crime against humanity. In 1982, following in the footsteps of Anton de Kom, Sandew Hira made an attempt to rewrite the history of Suriname. At the time, Hira employed a Marxist framework. Four decades later, he has developed into a theorist of Decolonizing The Mind (DTM) and has rewritten the book.<\/p>\n

In his lecture, Hira will address the principles of history rewriting, the implications for the discussion regarding reparations, and apologies from the Dutch government and King William Alexander.<\/p>\n

The lecture is in Dutch.<\/p>\n

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