Josias (19)
I started working on my uncle’s cocoa plantation when I was ten. He paid me 15,000 CFA (23 euros) for four years of work. I don’t think that’s a fair amount.
Still, I won’t be angry with him if I see him again. He is my uncle and I will treat him with respect.
But if I see that he is still treating children on his plantation in the same way, I’ll tell him to stop.
Josias (19)
Josias (19)
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.