LEgacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour

Past, Present and the Future

Conference on Bonded Labour, Migration, Diaspora and Identity Formation in Historical and Contemporary Context. June 6th 10th, 2013 , Stardust Hotel, Paramaribo, Suriname

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

THURSDAY JUNE 6TH: DAY CHAIR: HANS BREEVELD

08.00 08.50: REGISTRATION 08.50 09.40: OPENING CEREMONY 09.45 10.10: STEPHEN SMALL: KEY NOTE SPEECH 1 There's Nothing as Practical as a Good Theory: Free and Unfree labour Across the Atlantic 10.10 - 10.35: VIJAYA TEELOCK: KEYNOTE SPEECH 2: The Mauritius Truth and Justice Commission concerning Indentured Labour: the missed opportunity? 10.25 11.10: COFFEE BREAK 11.10 12.40: PANEL 1 A: IDENTITY AND INTEGRATION 1. Lal; Brij: 'Culture and Identity: The making of an Indian indentured Diaspora. Fokken, Margriet : Which India was on their minds? Identity formation and the bond with India among Hindustani men and women in Suriname between 1873 and 1940 Gautam, Mohan. K.: The role of Ethnicity in Identity formation of the Emigrant Indians in the Caribbean countries with special reference to Surinam Choenni, Chan, E.S.: Integration Styles in the Indentured Indian Diaspora 11.10 12.40: Panel 1 B: INDENTITY AND INTEGRATION 2 Barroso, R. dos Santos: Africans, Nations and International Politics. The State of Maranho and Piau and the African cultural matrices through the slave trade (1770 1815) Bentley, Kathryn: The Legacy of the Du Theatre: An Afro-Surinamese Slavery Heirloom Cairo, Aminata: Opo Yeye - Mental Well Being and Cultural Identity of the AfroSurinamese: A Slavery Informed Answer to Living in the 21st Century. Allen, Rose Mary: Crafting citizenship in post-Emancipation Curaao: The experience of the formerly enslaved after Abolition

12.40 13.30: Lunch 13.30 15.10: PANEL 2 A: HISTORIOGRAPHY AND NEW PERSPECTIVES ON SLAVERY

AND INDENTURED LABOUR 1

Allen, Richard: New Perspectives on the origins of The New System of Slavery Roopnarine, Lomarsh: Problems and predictions in Caribbean East Indian indentured Historiography Keese, Alexander: From colonial forced labour into ambivalent labour policies of independent governments: reading African experiences before a global background. 13.30 -15.10: Panel 2 B: SLAVERY, INDENTURED LABOUR AND HEALTH ISSUES Ramphal, Mansraj: Death and Disease in the British West Indies and Mauritius during slavery, indentureship and beyond Santokhi, Surrendre: Health Condition of Indentured Labourers during Migration (1873-1917 (drop off pp.) Mahase, Radica: Imperialist contradictions, health issues and Indentureship, 1860-1920. Glenn Oehlers: Health life in Suriname 15.10 15.30: 15.30 17. 15: Break PANEL 3 A: HISTORIOGRAPHY AND NEW PERSPECTIVES ON SLAVERY

AND INDENTURED LABOUR 2

Su, Grigori: Commemorating 150 years of legal abolition of slavery. The Process of emancipation in a new country. Derby, Lauren From Bois Caiman to Bche de Nol: Shapeshifting Trees on Hispaniola Rambaran, Mitra:

Slavery and indentured labour from the perspective of art

Studies
15.30 17.00: PANEL 3 B : SLAVERY: NEGLECTED FORMS AND ASPECTS Ferrier, D. J.H.: Indigenous slaves in Suriname White, Cheryl: Rewriting the Narrative: Historical Archaeology and Colonial Suriname Hondius, Dienke: Mapping the history of slavery and abolition Slave-ownership and compensation in Suriname and the Netherlands around 1863. Jagdew, Eric & Egger, Jerry: Meeting Grounds of Amerindians and Dutchmen. The Amazon Region and Suriname between 1595 and 1688. Pandey, Vibhuti Narayan, Pandey, Sushant Kumar: Forced Migration of Labourers: A Study of Labour Chaurahas in Allahabad City in Uttar Pradesh

FRIDAY JUNE 7TH 2013: DAY CHAIR PATRICIA MEULENHOF 08.45.00 10.30: PANEL 4 A: INDENTURED LABOUR AND INDIAN DIASPORA IN SMALLER ISLANDS/INDIAN COMMUNITIES Mahabir, Kumar: The lost Indians of ST. Kitts : using architectural relics of slavery to invoke indentureship Perez, S. Gilharry : Inter-racial marriages of East Indians in Belize: The Legacy of Indentureship 08.45 10.30: Panel 4 B: AFRO-SURINAMESE AND THEIR RELIGION Breeveld, Hans: Religion and politics. The case of the Moravian Church in Suriname Marshall, Edwin: The Influence of slavery of Afro-Surinamese religion Caprino, Mildred:Space and Place for black women in the Christian religion in Suriname Zamuel- Rotgans, Rosie: The Future of Afro Surinamese religion 10.30 10.50: Coffee break 10.50 - 12.35 PANEL 5A: MAROONS Lobal, Clmence: From primitive to refugees . Maroon categorizations in change in 1980s Saint-Laurent du Maroni, French Guyana Moulton, Laura: Marooned Slaves of Esmeraldas: Survival, Autonomy and Spanish Authority, 1553-1600 Theije, Marjo de: Gowtumans gold. Maroon mining in Suriname. Apapoe, Ine: Ndyuka Maroons in the Netherlands: Tribal governance abroad . Meulenhof, Patricia: The Traditional Authority of the Maroons as cultural heritage. Challenges and Threats for the tribal communities. 10.50 - 12.35 PANEL 5B: MIGRATION AND THOSE WHO LEFT BEHIND Kumar, Archana: Reconstructing Lives of Indentured Migrants through Traces" in the Homelands'. Singh, Nivedita: My life my story: narratives of the women left behind Apter, Andrew: M.G. Smith on the Isle of Lesbos: Kinship and Sexuality in Carriacou LUNCH: 12.40 13.30 LUNCH

13.30 15.00: PANEL 6 A: IDENTITY AND INTEGRATION 3 Malheiros, Jorge: Diaspora imaginaries, transnational links and identity reconstruction in post-colonial contexts: a tale of Hindustani migrants in Lisbon and Rotterdam. Maharaj-Ramdial, Sandili: The Psychological Impact of Indentureship - Then and Now. Mohammed, Shalima: The use of protective talismans by Indian indentureds and their descendants, with reference to African slaves Raghoebar, Hein: Culture, heritage, integration and identity in a plural society of Suriname 13.30 15.00: Panel 6B: ETHNICITY, NATIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY IN PLURAL SOCIETIES 1 Thakur, Rishi : A Post-Ethnic Politics in the Southern Caribbean?

Hanoomansingh, Peter: The election results of 2010 in Trinidad & Tobago: what it tells us about ethnic-based politics
Choenni, Chan, E.S.: Ethnicity and politics: The case of Surinam 1960 2000 Schalkwijk, Marten: Ethnic representation in Parliament and Government in Suriname 1975-2012. Ifill, Mellissa: The Intersection between Politics, Ethnicity, Crime & Violence in Guyana 15.00 15.30: BREAK 15.30 - 16.45: PANEL 7A: RETURN MIGRATION Banks, Helga: Perspectives of Javanese immigrants in Suriname on return migration to the homeland' Hoefte , Rosemarijn : Why did a thousand Javanese return to Indonesia in 1954? Sarup, Leela Gujadhur. Extension of the period of Residence Entitling Indian Immigrants in Surinam to a Free Return Passage to India. (drop off pp.) Meel, Peter: Jakarta and Paramaribo calling. New challenges for the SurinameseJavanese Diaspora? 15.30 - 17.00: PANEL 7B: ETHNICITY, NATIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY IN PLURAL SOCIETIES 2 Ramsoedh, Hans: Reconstruction and Mobilisation of East Indianness in Suriname: continuity and change Kartokromo, Kadi; Javanese and Politics. History, political power, political leadership, and adat, [way of life of the Javanese], in politics. Gowricharn, Ruben: Nationalism in plural societies Moestadja, Soewarto: Proud to be Javanese: an analysis in global context 19.30: Reception and cultural evening

SATURDAY JUNE 8TH, 2013: DAY CHAIR WONNIE BOEDHOE 08.45 10.30: Panel 8 A: RHYTHMS OF RESISTANCE: WORK, PLEASURE AND THE BODY AS A SITE OF INDENTURED MEMORY Kabir, Ananya J.: The Dhantaal's Irreverence: Off-beat as the in-between time of indenture Alexander, Emma: Culture, Resistance and Conformity: Diaspora on the Prairies in Canada, 1960-2012 Jailall, Peter : Pride, Identity and the History of Sacrifice: Poetry of the Indian Indenture experience Manoo-Rahming, Lelawattee: Filling in the Blank Spaces in History with Poems of Fractured Indenture Memories Balkaransingh, Satnarine : Consolidating both Indian and National identity in Trinidad and Tobago through the rhythms and language of the drum with special reference to The Tassa Drumming in Muharram or Hosay Commemoration . (Peerthum, Satyendra, The Achievement of those First Indian Pioneers: A Study of the Life-Histories of Servanin (Immigrant No.6874), Shaikoussen (Immigrant No.324), Mahadoo (Immigrant No.9425) and the Issue of Worker/Immigrant Agency in Nineteenth Century Mauritius (drop off pp.)) 08.45 10.30: Panel 8 B : MIGRATION, RELIGION AND SOCIETY Vernooij, Joop: God at the fore deck and at the after deck. Singh, Vashti: East Indian education in nineteenth century Trinidad: social exclusion integration. Jap A Joe, Harold : The Surinamese Moravian Church and its black elite: conformists and dissidents Tsang, Martin: San-Fan-Con, the Potent Chinese Saint and his journey to Africa via Cuba. The impact of Chinese indentured immigrants on Afro-Cuban religion Algoe, Kirtie: Religious diversity and nation in Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad. (drop off pp) 10.30 10.50: Coffee Break 10.50 12.20: Panel 9A: MIGRATION AND TRANSNATIONAL BONDS AND RELATIONS 1 Samaroo, Brinsley: Recharging the Ancestral Battery: Indo-Caribbean Visitors to India Sahoo, Ajaya K. Familial Bonds of Indians in the Diaspora: A Study of Elderly Visiting Parents to Canada (drop off pp.) Purwanto, Bambang: The keeper and flag carrier: The legacy of Javanese Suriname in post-colonial Indonesia. Khargi, Rajendre: Surinamese Diaspora and the relations with their homeland.

10.50 - 12.20: Panel 9B: IDENTITY AND INTEGRATION 4 Mattai, Anjelina, Negotiating Conflict for Indo-Caribbean Individuals Living in Canada Narain, Suzanne and Rajanie (Preity) Kumar, Tracing an Indo-Caribbean Identity: From Indentured Labourers to Diasporic Nannies Hilde Neus: Fu Moi moi: body art as identity marker Gooptar, Primnath : The Mike Men of Trinidad: cultural, social and political influences 12.20 13.00: LUNCH 13.00 14.00: PANEL 10 A: BIOGRAPHIES AND TESTIMONIES OF INDENTURED
MIGRANTS

Kapil Kumar: From Indentured labourer in Fiji to Peasant leader: Baba Ram Chandra in Oudh, 1905-50 Jerome Egger: Elisabeth Bhugwandye Singh: A Surinamese - Guyanese Female Voice in Migration History Hiralal, Kalpana Veerammal Naidoo and her family Three generations in the Historic Struggle for freedom in South Africa(drop off pp.) 13.00 -14.00: PANEL 10 B: EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLES OF THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY
AND INDENTURED LABOUR

Hardesty, Jared: Quacos Quandary: The Violent Tribulations of an Enslaved Surinamese Poisoner in Eighteenth-Century Boston Redjopawiro, Edward: :Land rights of Indonesian immigrants in Suriname 14.00 14.30: Coffee break 14.30 - 16.00: Panel 11 A: DIASPORA AND DEVELOPMENT Price, Marie D: Constructing the Andean Diaspora: State-based and Immigrant-led Development Strategies Amponsah, Evelyn: Spiritual Reconciliation or Inventions of Radical Freedom?: Ghana and The Joseph Project Caram, A: Economic development potential of Surinamese Diasporas 14.30 16.00: Panel 11 B: : SURINAMESE HINDUSTANI IN DIASPORA: HEALTH,
STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE

Birjmohan, Nirmala: Elderly Surinamese Hindustanis in the Netherlands Boedjarath, Indra: Gender-specific problems among Surinamese Hindustani: suicide and alcoholism Hassankhan, Rahina: Emotional loss among Hindustani migrants in the Netherlands Nanhoe, Anita: Socializing for Educational Success

SUNDAY, JUNE 9TH: EXCURSION: Field trip: Commewijne (Peperpot, Fort Nw Amsterdam, Marinburg MONDAY JUNE 10TH, 2013: DAY CHAIR - HAROLD JAP A JOE 08.45 10.15: Panel 12 A: MIGRATION AND CULTURAL CHANGE Ramhota, Pavitranand : Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mauritius: Globalisation and Religious Change Sharma, Karuna and Ruben Gowricharn: I do not forget my religion and customs: Religious values and tradition in identity construction of elder Hindustani women in the Netherlands Mohkamsing, Narinder : The Dhantl Enigma 08.45 10.15 : Panel 12 B: ARCHIVES AND THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY AND INDENTURED LABOUR Hardjomohamad, Rita: The role of archives in (re)constructing the history of free and bonded labour; The Suriname case Fortune, Rebecca/Dougan: Avalon: Beyond Genealogy: A look at the Records of Indentureship and Enslavement at the National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago Ampong Felix and Amarteifio, Fred: The Changing Face of Slavery and Indentured Labour. Gamel-Carter, Nadia: The impact of indentured immigration on Guyanese society 175 years after and the role of National Archives in the preservation of this Heritage'. 10.15 10.35: Break 10.35 - 12.20: PANEL 13A: GENDER RELATIONS AND THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY
AND INDENTURED LABOUR

Persaud, Savitri: Reoccurring Spectres: Analyzing the Historical Trajectory of Violence Against Women in Guyana from Indentureship to the Contemporary Moment. Kurian, Rachel and Kumari Jayawardena: Plantation Patriarchy and Structural Violence: Women Workers in Sri Lanka Sitaram, Tanya: Female indentured labourers: their position during and after indentured period Hasnoe, Rehanna /Irma Loembang Tobing/Goelmohamed: Female participation in Surinamese politics.

10. 35 12.20: Panel 13 B: ISLAM AND MUSLIMS IN DIASPORA: THE

EXPERIENCES OF A MINORITY GROUP IN PLURAL SOCIETIES

Amenah Jahangeer-Chojoo: Diasporic Practices, Boundary Maintenance and Hybridity. Muslims in the Mauritian Settler Society (drop off pp) Goolam Vahed: Indian Islam in South Africa: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (drop off pp) Raymond Chikrie and Halima Khanam: Hindustani Muslims and the Rebirth of Islam in Guyana 1838 to Present Maurits S. Hassankhan / Robbert Bipat and Alie Abdoel: Indian Muslims in Suriname: religion, traditions and globalization. Halima S. Kassim: Identity and Acculturation of Trinidad Muslims A re-examination of historical and contemporary practices 12.30 13.30: Lunch 13.30 14.30 CLOSING SESSION : EVALUATION, VOTE OF THANKS CLOSING BY MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS 19.30 - 21.30: Farewell Dinner 21.30 - 23.00: Informal gathering, with music