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    The Saramaka, Saamaka or Saramacca are one of six Maroon peoples (formerly called "Bush Negroes") in the Republic of Suriname and one of the Maroon peoples...
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  • West and Central Africa; they form a group called Saamacca, also spelled Saramaka. Linguists consider Saramaccan notable because its vocabulary is based...
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    februari 2023. Betian, Desmo; Betain, Wemo; Cockle, Anya (2000). Parlons saramaka. L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-7384-9835-9. Bindault, Michel (1993). Lexique...
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  • indigenous peoples to create several independent tribes, among them the Saramaka, the Paramaka, the Ndyuka (Aukan), the Kwinti, the Aluku (Boni), the Matawai...
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    paramount chief of a Maroon nation in Suriname and French Guiana. The Ndyuka, Saramaka, Matawai, Aluku, Paramaka and Kwinti nations all have a granman. The paramount...
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    and Saramaka), Whites (mostly French, from Metropolitan France), and Foreigners (Brazilians, Surinamese, Hmong, Haitians, Guyanese, etc.) The Saramaka mostly...
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  • Saramaka (also: Saramaca) is a neighbourhood of Kourou, French Guiana. The neighbourhood is mainly populated by Saramaka maroons from Suriname who settled...
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    Colombia Raizal Ecuador French Guiana Aluku Ndyuka Saramaka Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Kwinti Matawai Ndyuka Paramaccan Saramaka Uruguay Venezuela...
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  • Obeah Palo Quimbanda Santería Tambor de Mina Trinidad Orisha Umbanda Winti Saramaka religion Evenki shamanism Manchu shamanism Turko-Mongolic religion Altaic...
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    2018, the population was estimated at 9,800 people in French Guiana. The Saramaka maroons were originally from Suriname. They first came to French Guiana...
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    Palijur, Kali'na, Wayana, Wayampi, Emerillon), four Maroon creole languages (Saramaka, Paramaccan, Aluku, Ndyuka), as well as Hmong Njua. Other languages spoken...
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    indigenous peoples and created several independent tribes, among them the Saramaka, the Paramaka, the Ndyuka (Aukan), the Kwinti, the Aluku (Boni), and the...
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  • Laka, Kabba, Sar, Mbay, Ngam, Dagba, Gulay Traditional African religions Saramaka Indo-European → Germanic → English → Saramaccan Suriname Winti, Christianity...
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    originally part of the Saramaka, and signed a peace agreement with the Dutch colonists in 1762. The tribe split from the Saramaka, and in 1769, they were...
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    of slaves from different African ethnicities. These tribes include the Saramaka, Paramaka, Ndyuka or Aukan, Kwinti, Aluku or Boni, and Matawai. The Maroons...
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    Boskamp. Saramacca has a population of 17,480 and an area of 3,636 km2. Saramaka is also the name of a group of Maroons who established communities along...
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  • Sally Price in Martinique, Mexico, Spain, and for two years among the Saramaka Maroons of Suriname. A year studying with Claude Lévi-Strauss in Paris...
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    America. Apatou is home to Maroons of the Aluku, Paramacca, Ndyuka, and Saramaka tribes. The town of Apatou was founded in 1882 as Moutendé. It was renamed...
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  • live primarily along the Maroni River. The main Maroon groups are the Saramaka, Ndyuka (both of whom also live in Suriname), and Boni (Aluku). The Maroons...
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    Brokopondo District of Suriname. The village was home to Maroons of the Saramaka tribe, and located on the Suriname River. In 1965, the village was flooded...
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  • Colombia Raizal Ecuador French Guiana Aluku Ndyuka Saramaka Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Kwinti Matawai Ndyuka Paramaccan Saramaka Uruguay Venezuela...
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    third language (after Dutch or Sranan Tongo). Saramaccan is spoken by the Saramaka tribe of the Maroon community. Aukan is mainly spoken by the Aukan tribe...
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  • 1762, the Dutch signed a peace treaty with the Saramaka. In 1769, the Matawai split from the Saramaka, and asked the Government for weapons against the...
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    however the deed was lost. The village has a mixed population of the Ndyuka, Saramaka, and Matawai tribes. In the late 19th century, the village was a stronghold...
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    of slaves from different African ethnicities. These tribes include the Saramaka, Paramaka, Ndyuka or Aukan, Kwinti, Aluku or Boni, and Matawai. The Maroons...
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  • Guatemala, protection of Yasuní Oil in Ecuador, and the conflict between the Saramaka and Suriname—to name a few. Indigenous land rights were recognised in the...
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  • and his wife Frances Herskovits did field work in Suriname, among the Saramaka (then called Bush Negroes), and jointly wrote a book about the people....
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    plantations. Boni tried to get a peace treaty similar to what the Ndyuka and Saramaka received in 1760 and 1762 respectively, but a war was declared instead...
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  • living in the forested interior of Suriname. The tribe is related to the Saramaka, and originated from Loango-Angola. The Brooskampers gained autonomy in...
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    the dense jungles of the area, and formed communities like the Aluku, Saramaka, Ndjuka, Matawai, Kwinti and Bakabusi Nengre. Their traditional sung stories...
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