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Museum of the African Diaspora

November 5 - November 5, 2011

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685 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105
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Join author Dr. Kwame Nimako in conversation with Dr. Stephen Small discussing Dr. Nimako's new co-authored book, The Dutch Atlantic: Slavery, Abolition, and Emancipation. This study interrogates the Dutch involvement in Atlantic slavery and assesses the historical consequences of this for contemporary European society. The Dutch Atlantic shows how the slave trade and slavery intertwined economic, social and cultural elements, including nation-state formation in the Netherlands and across Europe. They explore the mobilisation of European populations in the implementation of policies that facilitated Atlantic slavery and examine how European countries created and expanded laws that perpetuated colonisation. Dr. Kwame Nimako teaches International Relations at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam. He is the author and co-author of over 30 books, reports and guidebooks on economic development, ethnic relations, social policy, urban renewal and migration. He was also Adjunct Professor at the Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio from 1999 to 2008. Dr. Stephen Small is Associate Professor of African American Studies and Associate Director of the Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley. He teaches courses on Globalization, Black Social Thought, and Theories of Racism. He earned his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley and he was Guest Curator at what is now the International Slavery Museum. He recently co-edited Black Europe and the African Diaspora, and his currently working on two books, 21st Century Antebellum Slave Cabins and Heritage Tourism, and Public History, Museums and African Diaspora Memory in England and The Netherlands. Free with MoAD Admission.