Ange Jessurun
12 NOVEMBER 2022
Book presentations in Curaçao
FAYA LOBI
by
18 NOVEMBER 2022
faya lobi is out now!
Faya Lobi takes you on a journey to explore the 200-year history of the ancestors of the Curacaoan couple Anton and Angela Jessurun, with roots going back to Africa, China, Germany, Brazil, and Surinam.
PAPERBACK
The first edition of Faya Lobi is out now and is available at Mensing's Caminada in Curaçao. In the Netherlands or Belgium?
Click here to order your copy.
E-Book
Stay tuned for the release of the electronic version of Faya Lobi and related digital publications. Follow Ange Jessurun on social media for updates.
events
See when and where you can catch up with author Ange and get your signed copy of Faya Lobi Coming up next:
Netherlands, May June 2023
faya lobi HITS THE ROAD
Whether in Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Suriname or in Europe, check out where, how, and when you can get your Faya Lobi
Past presentations: 2022
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OTHER
coming soon
Coming up in 2023:
Faya Lobi goes to the NetherlandsMay/June 23, Surinam August 23
Aruba and Bonaire
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12 november 2022
landhuis vredenberg
6PM-11PM
WINTERTUIN CURAÇAO FESTIVAL
Ft. official launch and a live book presentation by Ange Jessurun
18 november 2022
university of curaçao
7PM-9PM
DOUBLE BOOK PRESENTATION
Meet & Greet authors
Ange Germaine
Jessurun & Jong Loy
Bloemhof March 17 2023
Bruna March 25 2023
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About Faya Lobi...
A Chinese immigrant's journey to Surinam in 1865 marks the beginning of a chain reaction of adventures that lead to a well-documented story of 200 years of fiery love.
Discover the history of one of Curaçao's influential planter families as part 2 takes you through 9 generations.
In part 3, Anton candidly shares some intimate details of his almost impossible love in Curacao...
Synopsis
Atsjak (Hong Kong, 1842) leaves for Paramaribo as a contract worker. During the journey, he exchanges his last name with Jong Baw, out of fear of black people. In Surinam, the young Atsjak meets and falls in love with the previously enslaved black Emelia. Despite opposition from his father, their grandson Antonius leaves for Curaçao where he meets Angela, the love of his life. This love seems almost impossible.
Angela is a descendant of the plantation owner Specht, who started the Koraal Specht plantation in 1660. The story follows several generations of descendants of the Specht family through two centuries and describes how Angela's strict father stands in the way of the love between Angela and Antonius for six years. Even after his consent, the couple still faces a serious ordeal. Decades later, when a school is named after Angela, one of the daughters sets out to discover the origins of both parents and the story behind their ardent love.
This book takes the reader on a dizzying voyage of discovery through a passionate Surinamese-Curaçao family history.
Meet Ange
Ange Jessurun (Curaçao, 1954) has been making an active contribution for many years to the formation and development of cultural awareness and (mother tongue) language proficiency, with special attention to youth. These themes are a common thread throughout her life choices and career. She is co-author of the Papiamento-language teaching methods Salto, Mosaiko, and Fiesta di Idioma and the spiritual mother of Arte di Palabra, a successful Papiamento-language literary competition for secondary education. She has published four collections of Pòtpurí Arte di Palabra in 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019.
Since 2009 she has been coordinating the master's programs in teaching Papiamento, English, Spanish, and Dutch in Curaçao and later also in Aruba, Bonaire, and Sint Maarten at the University of Curaçao.
Faya Lobi is her first Dutch-language novel and is based on true stories, memories, and historical documents. The story of her Chinese great-grandfather, who traveled from Hong Kong to Paramaribo in 1865 in search of a better life, was the spark that led her to write down the life story of her parents and ancestors.
"It all started with 'tante Willy'..."
"My father's older sister Willy always told us about their Chinese grandfather who traveled from Hong Kong to Surinam and changed his name "out of fear of meeting black people". The fact that he fathered children with a black lady and married her, triggered me to find out more and inspired me to write this story."
Ange Jessurun, 2022
anton 'toni'jessurun and his sister willy dare-jessurun
Special contributors
- Willy Dare-Jessurun and Georgine Pracht-Jessurun
- Antonius 'Toni' Jessurun
- Richard 'Dick' and Cynthia Simon-Arron
- Roselyn Jobse-Jessurun and Ludwig Jessurun
- Raymond, Carline, Lucille, and Gillian Jessurun
- Nohraya and Yomini Godfried
- Hsiao-Yü Chan
- Gladys do Rego-Kuster
- Barbara Olmtak
- Idylliëne Corsen-Simon and Iliëne Corsen
- Monique Simon
- Pytha Jessurun and Michèle van Velthoven (Tamarind Tree)
- Roy and Ans Gietel-Kennis and Rosita Henraat-Gietel
- Lajo de Palm
- Laura Karimbaks
- Frank Tazelaar and Joeri Oltheten
- Puck Bossert, Germaine Jong Loy and the Writers Core group
- Muriam Nelissen
Events Faya Lobi
12 November 2022
6PM-11PM
Landhuis Vredenberg
WINTERTUIN CURAÇAO FESTIVAL
Ft. official launch and live book presentation by author Ange Jessurun
https://www.facebook.com/events/847567609939132
18 November 2022
7PM-9PM
Aula, University of Curaçao
DOUBLE BOOK PRESENTATION
Ft. book signing and Meet & Greet with authors
Ange Jessurun and Germaine Jong Loy
http://artedipalabra.com/
Faya Lobi in the Media
28 October 2022
Feature interview
Antilliaans Dagblad
12 November 2022
Feature interview
Ñapa by Amigoe
19 November 2022
Article/picture A+G
Extra
8 November 2022
Article
Amigoe
24 November 2022
Article/picture A+G
Antilliaans Dagblad
3 december 2022
Article and pic
Amigoe
....ber 2022
Feature interview
Antilliaans Dagblad
28 October 2022
Feature interview
Antilliaans Dagblad
28 October 2022
Feature interview
Antilliaans Dagblad
Emelia Olmtak
Part 1 Gallery Surinam
Gerardus Jong Baw
La Desmastraat 8
1859
Manumission of Emelia and family Olmtak
Petrus and Paulus cathedral
wedding Jessurun-Jong Baw
wedding 1912 Charles Jessurun and Wilhelmina Jong Baw
Juliette Jong Baw, sister of Wilhelmina
Emelia, Azetta's child: published in Surinam slave registry
July 1, 2018
Charles JESSURUN
brotherS anton 'Toni' (17) and alfons 'Fons' JESSURUN IN SURINAM 1936
Wilhelmina JESSURUN- JONG BAW
Christ: drawing by Anton, age 16 Paramaribo
Jessurun-Jong Baw family paramaribo1939
congee 1865
tjuk 2019 rice based food
Wedding Jessurun-Chan Hong Kong, 2000
Sedan chair, jiao
Opium pipe
Ange (Philo) and her father Anton 'TONI' jessurun, 2009
Book with questions answered by Anton
Part 2 Gallery Curaçao
Specht family
line
based on 2 books by Richard Simon
Richard D. Simon and Cynthia Simon-Arron
all pictures in part 2 are from the books of Richard D. Simon
Koraal Specht 43 Simon-Blanken
family home
Johanita Simon-Blanken and Wilfrido SimoN,
Angela's parents
the Simon-Blanken family
Marvel, Edgar, Angela, Aura, Philip, Ida, Vilma Richard, Johanita, Wilfrido, William, Yvonne, Aloysius, Carmita
Mama Nita, Wilfrido's mother
Feeding the goats at
Koraal Specht 43
Houses from Fleur de Marie placed in Koraal Specht
Lele Toni, festivity dedicated to A catholic Saint thought to grant a wish when asked
Tantan Maria Carmen Marten-Blanken Johanita's sister
Jose Thomas Marten
Maria's husband
Wilfrido Simon
Angela's study table, a rocking chair with a piece of triplex
Johanita Simon-Blanken
Alicia Blanken, Johanita's sister
Sinforozo Arraez
Alicia Blanken's husband
Part 3 Gallery
THE LOVE STORY OF ANGELA AND ANTON
Anton and Angela Jessurun-Simon at Koraal Specht 43
ANTON'S GIFT tO HIS CHILDREN
BASED ON A COLLECTION OF LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN HIM AND HIS BELOVED ANGELA
Angela jessurun-simon
angela and anton 'toni' jessurun
Angela jessurun-simon
Angela and Anton's wedding
June 6, 1949
25th wedding anniversary of
AnGELA AND ANton
ANGE, ROSELYN, GILLIAN, LUDWIG, CARLINE, LUCILLE, RAYMOND
IN THE CHURCH OF JANWE 1973
Anton SURROUNDED BY HIs DAUGHTERS LUCILLE, CARLINE, ROSELYN, ANGE
IN THE CHURCH OF JANWE 2008