Babak Fakhamzadeh
Excellent biographical account of Waldemar Nods, a colored man from Suriname who became romantically involved with a Dutch divorcee in The Hague, around 1930. The end of the story, though true, is incredible.
Waldemar’s father, Koos, had been an adventurer, black, though perhaps from a jewish father, but born free after the abolishment of slavery. Financially successful, but never one to sit still, he moved to Brazil, leaving Waldemar’s mother behind in Paramaribo. According to the author, Koos ended up as mayor of Ouro Petro, in Minas Gerais, but the list of mayors of Ouro Preto on Wikipedia does not mention the man.
Excellent biographical account of Waldemar Nods, a colored man from Suriname who became romantically involved with a Dutch divorcee in The Hague, around 1930. The end of the story, though true, is incredible.
Waldemar’s father, Koos, had been an adventurer, black, though perhaps from a jewish father, but born free after the abolishment of slavery. Financially successful, but never one to sit still, he moved to Brazil, leaving Waldemar’s mother behind in Paramaribo. According to the author, Koos ended up as mayor of Ouro Petro, in Minas Gerais, but the list of mayors of Ouro Preto on Wikipedia does not mention the man.