Clarence Breeveld

Clarence Breeveld (11 September 1948 – 6 April 2017) was a Surinamese-born Dutch singer, guitarist and educator.

He started to work for Suralco [nl] (the Surinamese joint venture of Alcoa).

[4] In 1970, Breeveld left for the Netherlands for his teaching degree, and started to work as a physics and chemistry teacher on vocational schools.

[5] In 2003,[5] Breeveld and Frank Zichem [nl] made the documentary Katibo Ye Ye (the ghost of slavery) where he tried to find his roots by travelling to Ghana, and discover more about the African part of the Atlantic slave trade.

On 13 December 2012, Wan Famiri, a television documentary about how the family managed to stay close despite significant political differences, was aired on Dutch television.