Sarata (16)
When I think about my time in the Ivory Coast, I get quiet and sad.
I was six when I went to live with my uncle and aunt. Their children did go to school and didn’t have to work. They weren’t beaten.
We were.
We were.
My aunt said that I didn’t work hard enough, and that I would never find a man to marry me. Those words hurt me more than when I was beaten.
I ran away when I was ten and my heart began to heal.
Sarata (16)
I ran away when I was ten and my heart began to heal.
Sarata (16)
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.