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(Re)membering the riots in Afrikaanderwijk in 1972 or guest, host, ghos-ti

Musoke

(Re)membering the riots in Afrikaanderwijk in 1972 or guest, host, ghos-ti

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(Re)membering the riots in Afrikaanderwijk in 1972 or guest, host, ghos-ti

24 Jan

In August 1972, a Turkish landlord evicted a Dutch woman living in the Afrikaanderwijk neighborhood of Rotterdam. This event became the trigger for riots which saw people from all over the country pour into the Afrikaanderwijk to watch as anti-immigration protesters destroyed homes in the majority-immigrant neighborhood. Ten years ago, the Turkish artist Cihad Caner moved to Afrikaanderwijk. Having happened upon the story of this riot, he attempted to reconstruct a collective understanding of its history with his 2023 film (Re)membering the riots in Afrikaanderwijk in 1972 or guest, host, ghos-ti