Alexis (15)
I think it’s quite normal for a child of 11 to work for his money. I can’t really imagine what children of that age do in the Netherlands, but I assume they also work on a farm.
I worked on the plantation for three years, six days a week, 11 hours a day and I didn’t get paid.
People came and bought the cocoa. I didn’t know what they did with it.
I think it’s unfair that I worked so hard to produce something and never tasted the result.
Alexis (15)
I think it’s unfair that I worked so hard to produce something and never tasted the result.
Alexis (15)
13 Oct - 22 Nov 2017
Beurs van Berlage
Amsterdam
Beurs van Berlage
Amsterdam
Who are the children who harvest the cocoa for our chocolate in West Africa? What was their life like? What dreams about the future do they cherish? Fifteen of them tell their stories in this exhibition.
For every ticket of the exhibition or copy of the book sold, a contribution will be made to GRADE-FRB’s rehabilitation shelter for former child labourers.
For every ticket of the exhibition or copy of the book sold, a contribution will be made to GRADE-FRB’s rehabilitation shelter for former child labourers.
Bitter Chocolate Stories is a Paradox production in collaboration with: Joana Choumali (photography), Marijn Heemskerk (texts), GRADE-FRB and Tony’s Chocolonely. Design: Kummer & Herrman.