John Hawker Captures Life of Musician Rudi Spa in Book

‘I lost a brother, but I also gained one’ Rudi Spa is an icon in the Surinamese music and culture world. His musical journey began with the boys’ group Boys Brigade of the Evangelical Brotherhood of Suriname, after which he grew into the top slide trombonist of Suriname. Yet until recently his story was hardly known. With ‘The Mission of Rudi Spa’, author John Carlo Hawker changes that. “This book is my contribution to the preservation of our in…