The Mama Baranka Tour is not your typical city walk. It’s a decolonial journey through Amsterdam’s hidden histories, tracing the resilience of Afro-Caribbean communities and other voices too often left out.
Co-created with Elvira Semmoh (Mama Baranka Foundation), Nelson Carrilho (sculptor and cultural guardian), and Robin van Erven-Dorens (history storyteller), this experience uncovers stories of migration, identity and resistance, culminating at the symbolic Mama Baranka sculpture, created in memory of Kerwin Duinmeijer, a teenager murdered in a racially motivated attack.
Whether you’re rooted in this city or discovering it anew, this tour offers a new lens on truth, remembrance and belonging.
