Richenel Ansano
(1960) was born in Kurá Piedra on the island of Curaçao, a place that was always magical and which instilled in him a sense of the importance of stories and popular cultural forms. He studied Economics in Puerto Rico and Anthropology in the USA, getting in contact with an immense new world, but especially with the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa, opening his mind to the political, cultural, economic and spiritual reality of his region and the world. During this time he wrote poems, which ended up displaced in notebooks lost in constant moves. In the 80's he returned to Curaçao and worked as cultural researcher, eventually becoming director of the Cultural Affairs Office. Afterward he moved to the USA with his family and directed the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, where he got involved in the synthesis of art and scholarship. Subsequently he worked for and then directed the Global Medicine Education Foundation. He is the current director of the National Archaeological Anthropological Memory Management, promoting Curaçao's cultural heritage. He has always remained interested in healing and does both individual and group consultations. In 2010 he made his debut as an author with the poetry book titled Kolosenshi. Most of his poems show his interest in culture, collective healing, ethics and daily popular spirituality.
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Literary debate in Teatro Luna Blou - Curaçao
With: David Van Reybrouck, Helon Habila, Mario Kleinmoedig, Miriam Sluis, Petina Gappah, Rhazul and his Group, Richenel Ansano, Rodaan Al Galidi, Sheila Payne
An evening with storytelling, writers conversations and readings. The evening opens with storyteller Sheila Payne. Then Mario Kleinmoedig will moderate to talks with writers on the theme 'The Power of Memory'. Helon Habila (Nigeria/USA) and David van Reybrouck (Belgie), author of 'Congo, A History', will meet Miriam Sluis, who published several books on the history of the Dutch Caribean. The second talk brings together the Curaçao poet Richenel (Muz) Ansano, the Dutch/Iraqi poet Rodaan Al Galidi and writer Petina Gappah from Zimbabwe. There is live music by Rhazul and his Group. All talks are in English.
