performative film essay by Quinsy Gario
In the capital of St. Maarten, the remains of three enslaved Africans have been discovered. DNA research reveals they lived in the 17th century and came from regions we now know as Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon. An artist plans to give them a reburial. This raises a profound question: where do they truly belong — in the land of their ancestors, or in the land of their descendants?
selected for development by De Verbeelding
