The book Republishing: Umoja Zwarte Vrouwenkrant makes a groundbreaking yet vastly unacknowledged grassroots magazine from Arnhem accessible as a source to enrich the still underexposed legacies of Black feminists in the Netherlands.
Born from a 1984 promise by Ans Sarianamual to Audre Lorde, the Umoja Zwarte Vrouwenkrant was launched by the foundation ‘Zwarte Vrouwen & Racisme’ Arnhem in January 1985. The magazine boldly declared: “Let’s start speaking ourselves now!” With its radical intersectional approach, it united women marginalized in the Netherlands and beyond, featuring content on racism, discrimination, decolonization, poetry, and experiences shared by Black women. This book preserves the magazine's legacy, showcasing essays and archival content to highlight these voices and establish a historical record.
Umoja Zwarte Vrouwenkrant is a revolutionary magazine whose legacy has gotten no recognition. This book aims to bring about change here, and thereby historicize the complete set of magazines, contextualized through an introductory essay by Tamara Hartman and archival findings from Ans Sarianamual’s personal archive, edited by Mirelle van Tulder. Republishing these magazines also means to think of publications as low-threshold archives which help make Black feminist knowledges of the Netherlands accessible outside of archival institutions.
Eds. Tamara Hartman, Ans Sarianamual, Mirelle van Tulder, Tabea Nixdorff