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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 ...
Today, tribes of Maroons and Indigenous Peoples live all across Suriname, in villages and on rivers. Their current territory is shown in the map below the timeline.
The oral history and cultural heritage of the Matawai Maroons in 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.
9 Οκτ 2020 · Through a combination of recorded oral histories, interactive maps, vintage photographs, and archival documents, Lands of Freedom: the oral history and cultural heritage of the Matawai Maroons in Suriname tells how the Matawai came to settle in their territory in central Suriname.
22 Ιουν 2016 · Suriname’s Maroons are descendants of formerly enslaved Africans who fled from coastline plantations during the time of Dutch colonial rule, over three centuries ago. They traveled far along the ascending rivers leading southward until they were safe from Dutch raiders who sought to recapture them.
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 society.
