One Name, Two Stories
Life in the Transvaal neighborhood in Leiden is pleasant. Neighbors regularly chat with each other, they can get some fries at the snack bar or watch the student rowing associations as they train. However, something mysterious is going on in the neighborhood: what happened to the Reitzstraat? The neighbors used to live in the Francis Reitzstraat, but suddenly, this has become the Rosetta Reitzstraat. Who covered up this street sign? Why has this decades-old name suddenly changed? What awaits the other street names: will they be covered up as well?
A story by Emma Sow, Jip Schrijver. As part of Wie maakt geschiedenis? Lokale, koloniale & wereldgeschiedenis in de Leidse Transvaalbuurt 1860-2020 at Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities. Supervised by Ariadne Schmidt, Alicia Schrikker.