Permanent exhibition Anton de Kom in the Open Air Museum New Amsterdam

PARAMARIBO — From March 23, the life, work and especially the ideas of Anton de Kom will be the focus of the Open Air Museum Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam in the Commewijne district. A new, permanent exhibition about the writer, ‘Warrior of the Fatherland’ and pioneer will be set up especially for him. De Kom is said to have been far ahead of his time. “Born in Suriname, Anton de Kom (1898-1945) is the first writer to address the history of Suriname from…