Willie Alberga

(Paramaribo, 1947) as a young child moved with her parents to the Netherlands. After finishing her study in Groningen as a social worker, she returned with her family to Surinam. Since 1992 she works for Radio Apintie and has been responsible for 500 broadcasts of the chat program Niet zomaar een gesprek (Not just a conversation). Many of these of these programs have a cultural and literary theme. Her interest in literature is due to her father (who was the author of De vicieuze cirkel /The vicious circle, a book about Paramaribo's Waterside). In the 1980's she wrote and directed theatre scripts. Willy Alberga is co-founder of the Politieke Combinatie DA 91 (Political Combination DA 91) and remains active in many social organisations.