Ndyuka Maroons

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Afro-Surinamese people Maroons ethnic group

The Ndyuka Maroons are a community of descendants of escaped African slaves in Suriname and French Guiana, known for their distinct Afro-Surinamese culture, history of resistance, and preservation of unique linguistic and spiritual traditions.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Ndyuka Maroons canonical 4
Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana 1
Maroons 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Surinamese people ⓘ
Maroons ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
culturalHeritage oral tradition ⓘ
ritual songs ⓘ
sacred forest sites ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
clan-based social organization ⓘ
matrilineal kinship system ⓘ
ritual drum music ⓘ
spirit possession ceremonies ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicOrigin African peoples ⓘ
ethnonym Aukan ⓘ
surface form: Aukaners

Ndyuka ⓘ
Okanisi ⓘ
historicalOrigin escaped African slaves ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfFormation 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
knownFor distinct Afro-Surinamese culture ⓘ
history of resistance to slavery ⓘ
maroon autonomy ⓘ
preservation of African cultural traditions ⓘ
language Ndyuka language ⓘ
languageFamily Creole language ⓘ
English-based creole ⓘ
locatedIn French Guiana ⓘ
partOf Surinamese Maroons ⓘ
primaryResidence Cottica River region ⓘ
Marowijne River region ⓘ
Suriname interior ⓘ
recognizedAs tribal people of Suriname ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Aluku ⓘ
surface form: Aluku Maroons

Kwinti Maroons ⓘ
Matawai Maroons ⓘ
Paramaka Maroons ⓘ
Saramaccan Maroons ⓘ
surface form: Saramaka Maroons
religion Afro-Surinamese religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
signedTreatyWith Dutch colonial authorities ⓘ
traditionalLeadership basjas ⓘ
captains ⓘ
gaanman ⓘ
treatyType peace treaty ⓘ
treatyYear 1760 ⓘ
usesScript Latin script ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ndyuka language → spokenBy → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
French Guiana → ethnicGroups → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maroons
Afro-Surinamese → hasPart → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maroons in Suriname
Afro-Surinamese → associatedWith → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surinamese Maroons
Rebel Destiny: Among the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana → subject → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana
Saramaccan language → ethnicGroup → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saramaccan people
Tapanahony River area → inhabitedBy → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
Aukan → spokenBy → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
Aukan → hasEthnicAssociation → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndyuka Maroon people
Njuká → spokenBy → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndyuka Maroon community
Njuká → hasEthnicAssociation → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
Maroon → relatedGroup → Ndyuka Maroons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maroons in French Guiana