Pamaka people
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The Pamaka people are an Afro-Surinamese Maroon community primarily living along the Marowijne River in eastern Suriname and neighboring French Guiana, known for their distinct culture, history of resistance to slavery, and their own Pamaka language.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afro-Surinamese people
ⓘ
Maroons ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country |
France
ⓘ
Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalArea | Guianas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
drumming traditions ⓘ matrilineal kinship elements ⓘ ritual dances ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Afro-descendant ⓘ |
| ethnogenesisPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| hasOralTradition |
narratives of escape from slavery
ⓘ
river and forest spirit stories ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalLeadership | granman (paramount chief) ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalTerritory | upper Marowijne River area ⓘ |
| historicalActivity |
formation of autonomous Maroon communities
ⓘ
resistance to slavery ⓘ |
| language | Pamaka language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic Creole
ⓘ
English-based creole ⓘ |
| legalStatusInSuriname | collective rights not fully codified in national law ⓘ |
| locatedAlong | Marowijne River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| migrationPattern | cross-border mobility between Suriname and French Guiana ⓘ |
| origin | enslaved Africans who escaped from plantations ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maroon peoples of French Guiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maroon peoples of Suriname ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
French Guiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern Suriname ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | tribal community in Suriname ⓘ |
| relatedLanguage |
Aluku language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ndyuka language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sranan Tongo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Afro-Surinamese traditional religion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ |
| selfDesignation | Pamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesAncestryWith |
Aluku people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ndyuka people NERFINISHED ⓘ Saramaka people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threat |
environmental impacts from gold mining in interior Suriname
ⓘ
language shift among younger generations ⓘ loss of traditional lands ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Latin script (for Pamaka language, non-standardized) ⓘ |
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