‘Anton de Kom is now really at home’

A wooden table, a yellowed manuscript, pencil and the text ‘Wan dé mi e kon baka’ form the heart of Ken Doorson’s art installation in the permanent Anton de Kom exhibition at the Open Air Museum Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam. “The table, the hat next to the paper and the coat over the chair complete the image, as if he could return at any moment to continue writing and dedicate himself to the people,” Doorson tells de Ware Tijd. He adds meaningfully: “An…