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About the project

A literary project connecting

Curaçao 

and 

Ghana

through their common history

Why the project

The connection between the Caribbean and Africa runs deep. It is based on a shared history, culture, and a sense of a common identity. Beyond the pain of slavery and colonialism, there is so much culture and creativity connecting these hemispheres: from the Pan-African movement and Rastafari to mythical Anansi stories, from Muzik di zumbi to afrobeat, from orishas to ogbanje, and from négritude to Afrofuturism.

The connection between the Caribbean and Africa runs deep. It is based on a shared history, culture, and a sense of a common identity. Beyond the pain of slavery and colonialism, there is so much culture and creativity connecting these hemispheres: from the Pan-African movement and Rastafari to mythical Anansi stories, from Muzik di zumbi to afrobeat, from orishas to ogbanje, and from négritude to Afrofuturism.

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What impact will this project make

It is time to deepen our historical and cultural ties to promote cooperation and exchange. Transatlantic Relatives aims to make a sustainable, literary connection between Curaçao and Ghana that focuses on our common past and looks forward to a shared future in which we will have healed from intergenerational trauma caused by the atrocities of the past.

It is time to deepen our historical and cultural ties to promote cooperation and exchange. Transatlantic Relatives aims to make a sustainable, literary connection between Curaçao and Ghana that focuses on our common past and looks forward to a shared future in which we will have healed from intergenerational trauma caused by the atrocities of the past.

Project at a glance

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Project Roadmap . July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024

July 2023

  • Curating submissions for the digital platform
  • First inspiration session

August 2023

  • Publication of first batch of texts and performances

  • Selection of Ghanaian writers for residency

  • Selection of Curaçaoan writers for residency

September 2023

  • Second inspiration session

  • Residency of Ghanaian writers in Curaçao

  • Performance of Ghanaian writers at Wintertuin Curaçao Festival

  • Panel on “Writers as Healers” at the Wintertuin Curaçao Festival

  • Publication of the second batch of texts and performances on the platform
    (including contributions of writers in residence)

October 2023

  • Residency of Curaçaoan writers in Ghana

  • Performance of Curaçaoan writers at Pa Gya! Literary Festival

  • Panel on “Writers as Healers” at Pa Gya!

  • Curaçaoan writers participate in NYU Literary Gathering (after Pa Gya! Literary
    Festival in Accra)

  • Third inspiration session

November 2023

  • Fourth inspiration session

December 2023

  • Visit of project management to Ghana to evaluate and discuss year 2

January 2024

  • Publication of third batch of texts and performances on the platform (including contributions of writers in residence)

  • Fifth inspiration session

February 2024

  • Approaching writers and writers’ organizations from other countries to participate in the platform

March 2024

  • Sixth inspiration session

April 2024

  • Publication of fourth batch of texts and performances on the platform

May 2024

  • Seventh inspiration session

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