The Dark History Behind Surinamese Food

Surinamese food is tasty as hell and very easy to find in Amsterdam. But you'll be hard pressed to find a Surinamese restaurant. There's plenty of Surinamese-Chinese, -Javanese or -Indian places though. So what's going on? In this story I tell you everything about the culinary history of Surinamese food and it's legacy of slavery and forced labour.

Thanks to @ky.kale and @thebraidest for featuring in the show!

00:00 - 01:22 Cultural diversity in Surinamese restaurants
01:22 - 02:20 Modern Surinamese food
02:20 - 03:22 - Spanish-Dutch war
03:22 - 04:12 Dutch entry in Trans-Atlantic Slave trade
04:12 - 05:33 Abolition of Slavery?
05:33 - 08:07 Contract Labour
08:07 - 09:52 Surinamese Diaspora



Sources:
https://www.slavevoyages.org/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1...
https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_oso001201...
https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_oso001198...
https://web.archive.org/web/201411131...
https://werkgroepcaraibischeletteren....

Chan E.S. Choenni - Van Brits-Indisch immigrant tot burger van Suriname
Rosemarijn Hoeft - Passage to Suriname? The Migration of Modes of Resistance by Asian Contract Laborers
Drs. H.K. Patmo-Mingoen - De Javaans-Surinaamse keuken en haar betekenis in de volkscultuur
Hans Ramsoedh - Van samenleving in een grensgebied naar integratie in Suriname
Kwakoe, Baba & Mai - Revisiting Dutch Colonialism in Suriname
G.D. van Wengen - Javanen in Suriname


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