Driving through Curacao's landscapes, the old plantation houses are visible from afar. The houses speak to us of a past long gone. A past in which plantations, homegrown food, cattle breeding, salt production, and slavery were a true daily reality. These houses have lost their original functions and the farming was never of much merit. Most of the houses have new owners who have turned them into offices, hotels, galleries, or private residences. This book contains the stories of eighteen plantation houses, and special care has been taken to include those that allow visitors. Kas di Shon answers questions such as: Who used to live there? What was grown here and who provided the necessary labor? How did plantation houses get their names and why are almost all of them yellow? And what are they used for now? Filled with old and new photographs, this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to take a closer look at Curacao's plantation houses.

For review see: H. Ph. Vogel, in Itinerario, vol. 12, nr. 2 (1988); p. 103-104. - For abstract see: Itinerario, vol. 13, nr. 3/4 (1989); p. 43, nr. 4283.

As contemporary Tambú music and dance evolved on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, it intertwined sacred and secular, private and public cultural practices, and many traditions from Africa and the New World. As she explores the formal contours of Tambú, Nanette de Jong discovers its variegated history and uncovers its multiple and even contradictory origins. De Jong recounts the personal stories and experiences of Afro-Curaçaoans as they perform Tambu–some who complain of its violence and low-class attraction and others who champion Tambú as a powerful tool of collective memory as well as a way to imagine the future.

Dissertatie, waarin de culturele processen het dagelijkse leven van Afro-Curacaoenaars na de afschaffing van de slavernij (1863) hebben beinvloed. Er wordt gekeken naar de invloed die de koloniale overheid, de voormalige slavenhouders en de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk uitoefenden op het leven van de Afro-Curacaoenaars na de emancipatie.

Book introductions Complete Scofield references Subject chain references Concordance Red letter 16 pages of full-color maps with Index Same-page text helps Comprehensive Index Subheadings Revised marginal renderings Chronologies Smyth-sewn Gold page edging Round corners Presentation page Family record pages Imprintable 1,616 pp.