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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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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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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.
Maroons and Indigenous people in Suriname the struggle for land rights
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 — or tribes — can be.
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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.
Mapping the traditional lands of the Matawai Maroons in Suriname, one creek at a time Amazon
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.
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They usually charge a high premium for the ease of travel. Entryway to a Maroon Village. 3. Take a Taxi Boat to a Suriname Resort. Atjoni is the boat taxi hub to enter into the depths of the Suriname interior. Atjoni marks the end of the road infrastructure, so you will have to take a taxi boat from there.
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The Maroons were descendants of African slaves who managed to escape from the plantations during the colonial era. Instead of succumbing to a life of oppression, they chose to run away and find safety and freedom in the inhospitable interior of Suriname.
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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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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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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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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:.
Mapping the traditional lands of the Matawai Maroons in Suriname, one creek at a time Amazon
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.
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Maroons in the South American rainforest in Suriname and French Guiana continue to battle encroachment by miners and loggers given concessions by the state—including the building of roads that would intersect their traditional hunting grounds and farmlands.
Captains of the Rainforest Maroon Culture in Suriname
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 cimarrón, a Spanish term for runaway slaves.)
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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.
