What Motivated This Founder to Leave California For Amsterdam to Trace Her Family Roots

In episode 14, I interview Jennifer Tosch, a Surinamese American, scholar, historian and founder of Black Heritage Tours. A Norhtern California native, Jennifer currently resides in Amsterdam, but spent her formative years in Oakland and San Francisco California before going on to earn a degree at UC Berkeley. Jennifer first came to Amsterdam for an intensive two-week postcolonial history course, given by the Black Europe Summer School (BESS) in the Netherlands and to explore the world in which her mother lived, as she had also lived and studied in the Netherlands for several years just after World War II. The inspiration behind Black Heritage Tours came not only from the transformative experience she had as a student of the Black Europe Summer School, but also from a void that she encountered regarding positive narratives about the presence and contributions of the African Diaspora in the Netherlands. Jennifer knew that she could contribute her share to the process of unearthing the lives of our hidden histories in Europe and in 2013 Black Heritage Tours in Amsterdam was born.  The company has built a sustainable business by collaborating with an awesome team of scholars, historians, public officials, businesses, and heritage tourism professionals. To keep up with Jennifer's journey visit Black Heritage Tours online and follow: https://www.facebook.com/Welcome-to-Black-Heritage-Amsterdam-Tours-351401081614405/?fref=ts  For more information about Black Broads Abroad follow: https://www.instagram.com/blackbroadsabroad/ / or visit the website: https://www.blackbroadsabroad.com/ To support the podcast, become a member @https://www.patreon.com/BLACKBROADSABROAD