Cynthia McLeod about Suriname: 50 years of independence, hopes and struggles

Frank Kanhai (62) landed at Schiphol as a 12-year-old Surinamese boy, his ‘aunt’ Patty Jewlal (81) had already been there for twenty years and took care of fellow countrymen. While son Michel (37) was born and raised in the Netherlands. Three generations, three stories. “Take it seriously and never play the role of victim.”