Testimonio visual de la Esclavitud: un museo de Curaçao evoca los horrores del tráfico de esclavos africanos y hace pensar en los actuales abusos a los derechos humanos.(Kurá Hulanda, museo en Willemstad, Curazao)

Américas (Spanish Edition) | May 1, 2006| | Copyright

La mayoría de los empresarios que abren un hotel de lujo hacen lo posible para crear un mundo de fantasía de lo hermoso y lo placentero. Pero cuando el empresario holandés Jacob Gelt Dekker abrió el Kurá Hulanda en 1999, en el puerto de Willemstad en la capital de Curaçao, incluyó una cámara de horrores con oxidados grilletes que cuelgan de las paredes. Grabados de la era colonial y poscolonial representan hombres, mujeres y niños africanos azotados, colgados y arrojados al océano. El visitante imagina que puede oír sus gemidos a través de los muros.

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