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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. The Surinamese Maroon culture is one of the best-preserved pieces of cultural heritage outside of Africa. Colonial warfare, land grabs ...
11 Αυγ 2020 · Maroonage has been an important aspect of the history of slavery in Suriname. Maroons liberated themselves and conquered a more or less autonomous space beyond the borders of colonial...
Maroonage has been an important aspect of the history of slavery in Suriname. Maroons liberated themselves and conquered a more or less autonomous place beyond the borders of colonial society. At the same time, they remained dependent on that society for their subsistence.
14 Δεκ 2020 · The territorial and geographical features of Suriname led to a much smaller scale of hostilities by the Maroons compared to the Jamaican Maroons, who were in a limited island space. The study analyzed the distinctive features of the Maroon communities.
Suriname was occupied by Native Americans for thousands of years before European colonization, the largest Peoples being the Arawaks (Lokono), and the Kaliña People at the time of later colonization ("History of Suriname").
The project has spurred a national conversation around recognizing and protecting the Surinamese Maroon culture as intangible cultural heritage, and ACT has published a methodology guide to consolidate the knowledge gained through the process.
Historical Villages Maroons in Suriname have created numerous settlements with many similarities. An archeological dig on these historical maroon settlements provides important information on their uses and purpose. They highlight the need for protections from discovery, predators, and extreme weather.10 Many of the settlements that were
