A burial site containing thousands of once enslaved Africans is discovered on St. Helena.

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As Construction Environmental Officer for St. Helena’s troubled airport project, Annina van Neel learns about an unmarked mass burial ground of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans. Haunted by this historical injustice, she and African American preservationist Peggy King Jorde fight for the proper memorialization of these forgotten victims, exposing the UK’s disturbing colonial past and present.

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* “A Story of Bones sparks a conversation about how we choose to remember. If remembering was not done yesterday, then today is the day to act, to remember, and to reclaim history and heritage for everyone.” - Review in The Conduit ([link removed])

* “Every African burial site is golden. But this one is global... What really hit me emotionally is there still could be descendants in the Americas from the victims who survived the trek from Africa. It must be protected.” - Feature on Peggy King Jorde in The Record ([link removed])

* “Storytelling is an asset that helps us to deconstruct these systems and hold those professionals, authorities, governments, communities and countries to account. Who tells our stories matters.” - Guest Essay by Annina van Neel for Human Rights Film Festival Berlin ([link removed])

* “Cotton Capital: How slavery shaped The Guardian, Britain and the world” - Special Series in The Guardian ([link removed])

“When a generation’s dignity is tied to its past – that is when the power of storytelling is revealed. It can empower a community to act out the rights and rituals that are required to deconstruct the disconnect that has been instilled through generations of neglect. And we find that this generation is empowered to not only reclaim its history, but to rewrite these stories in a voice of knowing, of truly owning them with integrity and dignity, unapologetically.” -Annina van Neel, Protagonist & Impact Producer
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