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Maroons in Guyane - Past, Present, Future (Paperback)
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Maroons in Guyane - Past, Present, Future (Paperback)
Series: Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 Series
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For more than four centuries, communities of maroons (men and women
who escaped slavery) dotted the fringes of plantation America, from
Brazil through the Caribbean to the United States. Today their
descendants still form semi-independent enclaves- in Jamaica,
Brazil, Colombia, Belize, Suriname, Guyane, and elsewhere-remaining
proud of their maroon origins and, in some cases, faithful to
unique cultural traditions forged during the earliest days of
Afro-American history. In 1986, expelled by the military regime of
Suriname, anthropologists Richard and Sally Price turned to
neighboring Guyane (French Guiana), where thousands of Maroons were
taking refuge from the Suriname civil war. Over the next fifteen
years, their conversations with local people convinced them of the
need to replace the pervasive stereotypes about Maroons in Guyane
with accurate information. In 2003, Les Marrons became a local best
seller. In 2020, after a series of further visits, the Prices wrote
a new edition taking into account the many rapid changes. Available
for the first time in English, Maroons in Guyane reviews the
history of Maroon peoples in Guyane, explains how these groups
differ from one another, and analyzes their current situations in
the bustling, multicultural world of this far-flung outpost of the
French Republic. A gallery of the magnificent arts of the Maroons
completes the volume.
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