Okanisi

E604535

Maroons ethnic group

Okanisi is another name for the Ndyuka Maroons, a community of African-descended people in Suriname and French Guiana known for their distinct language and culture formed through resistance to slavery.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Okanisi Ndyuka	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Maroons ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
ancestry	West African peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	France ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	distinct Afro-Surinamese culture ⓘ maroon cultural traditions ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Aucan NERFINISHED ⓘ Aukan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ndyuka NERFINISHED ⓘ Ndyuka Maroons NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	ancestor veneration ⓘ maroon textiles ⓘ ritual dances and music ⓘ woodcarving ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of Suriname’s intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
historicalProcess	maroonage ⓘ resistance to slavery ⓘ
language	Ndyuka language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Creole language ⓘ English-based creole ⓘ
legalStatusInSuriname	recognized tribal people ⓘ
mainEconomicActivities	fishing ⓘ hunting ⓘ small-scale trade ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
origin	enslaved Africans who escaped plantations ⓘ
partOf	Maroon peoples of Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	autonomous Maroon community in Suriname ⓘ
region	Marowijne River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedGroup	Aluku Maroons NERFINISHED ⓘ Kwinti Maroons NERFINISHED ⓘ Matawai Maroons NERFINISHED ⓘ Paramaka Maroons NERFINISHED ⓘ Saramaka Maroons NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Afro-Surinamese traditional religion NERFINISHED ⓘ Christianity ⓘ
socialOrganization	matrilineal clans ⓘ
traditionalLeadership	captains (village leaders) ⓘ granman (paramount chief) ⓘ
treatyWith	Dutch colonial authorities ⓘ
treatyYear	1760 ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Ndyuka Maroons → ethnonym → Okanisi ⓘ

Aukan → hasAlternativeName → Okanisi ⓘ

Ndyuka → selfDesignation → Okanisi ⓘ

Ndyuka → alternativeName → Okanisi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Okanisi Ndyuka