_ for H.J.C Princen (1926-2002)

Yes, it is just as well that you departed now, Poncke. Parting holds loss. We realize something feels lost, and at that moment we know that there is something irreplaceable. Like when we lost you.

Particularly at times like these, Poncke, how can we ever replace you? It was you who knew the meaning of homeland as a "land of spilled blood". It was you who chose a motherland precisely because of its