Under Cover of Darkness
Under Cover of Darkness
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On show at the IZIKO Slave Lodge, the exhibition Under Cover of Darkness aims to highlight the experience of colonial subjects through a specific focus on the lives of three women - ‘Susanna of Bengal’, Krotoa and an as yet unidentified other – by intervening in the Slave Lodge, a symbolically laden site. The exhibition further seeks to surface questions concerning how such histories continue to bear on the present.
On show at the IZIKO Slave Lodge, the exhibition Under Cover of Darkness aims to highlight the experience of colonial subjects through a specific focus on the lives of three women - ‘Susanna of Bengal’, Krotoa and an as yet unidentified other – by intervening in the Slave Lodge, a symbolically laden site. The exhibition further seeks to surface questions concerning how such histories continue to bear on the present.
‘Susanna of Bengal ’ was a slave who worked in the Company’s Gardens - in 1669 she was tried and sentenced to death by the colonial administration for the purported murder of her infant daughter under uncertain circumstances.
‘Susanna of Bengal ’ was a slave who worked in the Company’s Gardens - in 1669 she was tried and sentenced to death by the colonial administration for the purported murder of her infant daughter under uncertain circumstances.
Krotoa - niece of Autshumao, a Khoi leader - was taken into van Riebeeck’s household as a child. Having learnt to master both Dutch and Portugese, Kratoa’s intimate understanding of both Khoikhoi and Dutch culture saw her occupy a complex social and political position under colonial rule.
Krotoa - niece of Autshumao, a Khoi leader - was taken into van Riebeeck’s household as a child. Having learnt to master both Dutch and Portugese, Kratoa’s intimate understanding of both Khoikhoi and Dutch culture saw her occupy a complex social and political position under colonial rule.
A number of slave women were held at the Lodge yet many of them remain unnamed. Little more is known than where they came from and when they died; this exhibition will engage with issues of such invisibility.
A number of slave women were held at the Lodge yet many of them remain unnamed. Little more is known than where they came from and when they died; this exhibition will engage with issues of such invisibility.
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