In 1621, Governor-General Jan Pieterszoon Coen sailed to Banda with 2,000 well-armed soldiers, killing thousands of people in the villages that resisted the VOC.

Banda: The Dark Forgotten Trail narrates the influence of the islands’ endemic spice, nutmeg, on the nation’s past and present. Produced by Sheila ‘Lala’ Timothy and directed by celebrated ...

One of the world’s most coveted territories during the days of Christopher Columbus, the spice-laden Banda Islands fell off the travel map long ago. But real adventurers still seek them out.

Culture & Society. Book Review: Dutch Conquest Of Banda Islands Sowed Seeds Of Climate Crisis ‘The Nutmeg’s Curse’ offers a sharp critique of modernity, questioning the configured western ...

That little brown nut you grate into your meat curry or favorite sweet or drink, and which fills your kitchen with its heady, inviting aroma, is exported to the world out countries like Granada ...

I fell in love with the Banda Islands, a group of 10 lush volcanic islands in Indonesia, when I visited them a few years ago. I sailed down there on a prahu – a small native sailing boat with a ...