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Maroon communities in Suriname In the mid-1600s, British, and then Dutch, colonists imported African slaves to work the sugar plantations. Conditions were brutal, and many slaves escaped into the jungle. (The term "maroon," used throughout the New World, is said to come from cimarrรณn, a Spanish term for runaway slaves.)
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The Maroons of Suriname and French Guiana (formerly known as "Bush Negroes") have long been the hemisphere's largest Maroon population. They are at once the most culturally, politically, and economically independent of all Maroon peoples in the Americas and, since the 1970s and 80s, the most heavily under assault. Historical Origins
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Indigenous people and Maroons, descendants of Africans in the Americas who formed settlements away from slavery, and often mixed with Indigenous populations, comprise the main tribal groups of Suriname.
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Suriname Maroons. A History of Intrusions into their Territories August 2020 In book: Slavery, Resistance and Abolitions. A Pluralist Perspective (pp.215) Publisher: Africa World Press Authors:.
Nicola Lo Calzo Maroons in Suriname and Guiana
The author is exploring the site of Kumako in Suriname, a destination for Maroons escaping from plantations in coastal Suriname between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She finds evidence for a structured settlement, distinctive pottery and local ritual practices, raising new questions about the degree of interaction and acculturation.
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Maroons, descendants of African slaves who escaped from plantations in Suriname during the colonial era, have managed to preserve and enrich their cultural traditions over the centuries. Their customs, rituals, and music all reflect their African ancestry and a deep connection to their roots.
Captains of the Rainforest Maroon Culture in Suriname
Surinamese Maroons are the descendants of enslaved Africans that escaped from the plantations and settled in the inland of Suriname . The Surinamese Maroon culture is one of the best-preserved pieces of cultural heritage outside of Africa. Colonial warfare, land grabs, natural disasters and migration have marked Maroon history. In Suriname six Maroon groups โ or tribes โ can be.
Maroons and Indigenous people in Suriname the struggle for land rights
Suriname Maroons. Slavery and Abolition, 12 (1), 107-127. Riemer, J. A. (1801). Missions-Reise nach Suriname und Barbice zu einer am Surinam-fluss im dritten Grade der Linie wohnenden Freineger-Nation [Mission trip to Suriname and Barbice to a Freineger nation living on the Surinam River in the third degree of the line]. Zittau and Leipzig.
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Surinamese Maroons (also Marrons, Businenge or Bushinengue, meaning black people of the forest) are the descendants of enslaved Africans that escaped from the plantations and settled in the inland of Suriname (Dutch Guiana). The Surinamese Maroon culture is one of the best-preserved pieces of cultural heritage outside of Africa.
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Our main goal is to reveal the almost unknown treasure of Surinamese Maroon People. The interior of Suriname carries an intangible heritage, that is unique in the world, and deserves as part of the Surinamese rain forest, to become a UNESCO World Heritage site and as such deserves a prominent place in Afro American Diaspora.
Mapping the traditional lands of the Matawai Maroons in Suriname, one creek at a time Amazon
The Maroons of Suriname thus were among the first people in this hemisphere to gain their independence. Ultimately, they became one of the largest and most concentrated groups of descendants of runaway slaves in the world. The Maroons had enjoyed 100 years of freedom before slavery was finally abolished in 1863. For hundreds of years they were.
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Ndyuka man bringing the body of a child before a shaman. Suriname, 1955 Maroons are descendants of Africans in the Americas and Islands of the Indian Ocean who escaped from slavery and formed their own settlements. They often mixed with indigenous peoples, eventually evolving into separate creole cultures [1] such as the Garifuna and the Mascogos .
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The daily life of Maroons in the interior of Suriname is unusually rich in artistic activity and aesthetic discussion. The anthropologist Melville Herskovits remarked in 1930 (using a term for the Suriname Maroons that was standard in his day): "Bush Negro art in all its ramifications is, in the final analysis, Bush Negro life."
Mapping the traditional lands of the Matawai Maroons in Suriname, one creek at a time Amazon
In Suriname, a renewed interest in the Maroons has recently boosted the RJ movement. Against the background of a discussion between maximalists and abolitionists, we reactivate the 'transferability debate' by asking if and how maroon justice in the country's interior can be brought to the city and help its criminal justice system to develop RJ.
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Profile The Maroons are descendants of Africans who fled the colonial Dutch forced labour plantations in Suriname and established independent communities in the interior rainforests. They have retained a distinctive identity based on their West African origins.
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Saramaka The Saramaka, Saamaka or Saramacca [note 1] are one of six Maroon peoples (formerly called "Bush Negroes") in the Republic of Suriname and one of the Maroon peoples in French Guiana.