The pain of postcolonial rootlessness is palpable in the story of Loey Tamaëla, a Moluccan whose father was a Sergeant Major in the Dutch colonial army. He hopes one day to leave the Netherlands and return to a free homeland.

Squatters move into a vacant hotel in Amsterdam, and make the building habitable. But after six weeks, the riot police arrive to throw them out. Nonetheless, the fight for the right to housing continues, because ideals can never be evicted.

Around 1878, a nkisi was stolen from Congolese chief Ne Kuko. Not only was the theft of this object with spiritual powers a great loss for Ne Kuko, it also disrupted the local community.