In 2021, research at the University of Utrecht highlighted the city’s – and the school’s – troubled past and direct involvement with the transatlantic slave trade.

Since then, a number of initiatives have been launched to educate about this previously hidden history. Sporen van Slavernij Utrecht believes that this past is still not properly recognized, and has worked to combat that since 2011. In this piece, reporter Nkele Martin visited one of their events, a walking tour of the city centre that “makes visible” this history.