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Expo: 'Eritrea mon Amour'

At the Amsterdam Law Hub, we believe in the power of art and culture. That is why we organise and curate photo exhibitions of real, social stories within our theme of 'justice'. This photo series, called 'Eritrea mon Amour', is about Eritrean youth who had to leave hearth and home to come and live in Nijmegen.

About this exhibition

September 2016, the month, the year, that 100 Eritreans (all between 18-22 years old) came to live in Lent (Nijmegen-North). Because of a housing shortage, these young people could no longer live in an AZC or youth shelter and moved to barracks.

Nijmegen based photographer Olga Boh felt it was important to give these young people a public face. This resulted in the photo series called Eritrea mon Amour, which at the time were exhibited for the first time in the middle of nature. Immense images, attached to clotheslines, swaying in the wind. Similar to how refugees blow across national borders.

In addition, to actually help them integrate into Dutch society, she became a volunteer with Vluchtelingenwerk. Boh: 'These young people went to school, of course, but at one point they also formed a running group led by Jeroen van Gisbergen (former cyclist, ed.).

'He observed that these boys had a great chance of becoming good runners because of their physical aptitude. Therefore, he made sure they could participate in various running competitions such as the Zevenheuvelenloop, for which they even received a sports initiative award as Talent Team of the Municipality of Nijmegen.'

Goal

The goal of this exhibition:

When it comes to refugees, people always speak in numbers, not indivuals. By showing this photo series, we show a sample of a group who had to leave hearth and home to come and live here.