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Original Title:	De zwarte met het witte hart
ISBN:	9029523212 (ISBN13: 9789029523219)
Edition Language:	Dutch
Literary Awards:	AKO / ECI Literatuurprijs Nominee (1997), Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogtprijs (1998)

De zwarte met het witte hart

Arthur Japin

Hardcover | Pages: 389 pages

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Title	:	De zwarte met het witte hart
Author	:	Arthur Japin
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 389 pages
Published	:	1997 by De Arbeiderspers
Categories	:	Fiction. Literature. Historical. Historical Fiction. European Literature. Dutch Literature

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In 1837 worden Kwasi en Kwame, twee Afrikaanse prinsjes, aan koning Willem I geschonken als onderpand voor de illegale slavenhandel van de Nederlandse regering. In Delft worden de zwarte jongens als Hollanders opgevoed. Terwijl Kwasi zich uit alle macht aanpast en een echte Nederlander wil worden, vecht Kwame om zijn Afrikaanse identiteit te behouden en op een dag te kunnen terugkeren naar zijn volk.

Jaren later, aan het begin van de twintigste eeuw, kijkt de bejaarde prins Kwasi Boachi vanaf zijn Javaanse theeplantage terug op hun buitengewone levens. Pas dan ontdekt hij het complot waarmee de Nederlandse regering zijn Indische carrière heeft gedwarsboomd.

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The extraordinary story of two African princes 'traded' for colonial favours in the 1800s. Highlights the effects of cultural displacement, prejudice, and the loneliness experienced by those who fit nowhere in society. Based on obvious painstaking research that Arthur Japin weaves into a insightful fictional account of the experiences and emotions of the two princes.

"Conversely, the red plant itself burns a brighter red when set off by the green than when it grows among its peers. In the bed I always reserved for poinsettia seedlings, there was little to distinguish one plant from its neighbours. My poinsettia did not turn scarlet until I planted it in new surroundings. Colour is not something one has, colour is bestowed on one by others.""What can we do, we who are different from the rest?... I pondered the advantages and disadvantages of the options open

If I could, I would have given this book half a star. It is verbose and b o r i n g. Luckily, I borrowed this book from a friend so did not feel put out by having spent a hard-earned dime on it.

The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi (De zwarte met het witte hart, 1997) is not the kind of book to just read, rate and be done with. This is a story that, like Conrad's Heart of Darkness, grabs, haunts and won't let go.In 1837, two little boys named Kwasi and Kwame, princes of the Ashanti tribe in Ghana, are taken away from their families and everything they have known until then, and sent to the Netherlands where they would receive a Christian education. Officially, the boys are a gift to the Dutch

A moving story based on the true life 19th century experience of two black African princes being sent from their homeland into a white Holland where, although still privileged and mixing with nobility, they are subjected to a subtle but pervasive race based discrimination based on underlying cultural assumptions of white supremacy. I found the mix of fiction and non-fiction very engaging and contrary to my expectations the book was a real page turner. Although set 100-150 years in the past, i

Yes good a bit over involved but good.

True story of an Ashanti prince in the 19th century who studied in Holland and ended up in Indonesia. Dutch moral attitudes towards freedom and slavery very subtle described.