In Middelburg, the day begins at 10:30 with a flag ceremony on the Abdijplein. Then there are a number of speeches and at 11:40 the wreath laying on the Slavery Monument. After this, the town poet of Middelburg, Michael van Oostende, recites a poem.
In Vlissingen the interactive Bureau Mama Africa will be seen on the boulevard between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The efficiency is there at 12 midday within the kite, bread, sisa.
The Mama Africa desk refers as a chunk of furnishings to the colonial previous the place white rulers had time to ponder and write letters. By sitting behind the desk, one could make contact with the slavery previous and there may be room for silence and commemoration.
And at present the NS is working a particular Keti Koti prepare, which focuses on the historical past of slavery. The employees contains descendants of enslaved individuals, who will inform travellers what at the present time means to them. The intercity departs from Vlissingen at 11:21.
