A LUTA CONTINUA
(The Struggle Continues)
Wanze Eduards and S. Hugo Jabini, members of a Maroon community originally established by freed African slaves in the 1700s, successfully organized their communities against logging on their traditional lands, ultimately leading to a landmark ruling for indigenous and tribal peoples throughout the Americas to control resource exploitation in their territories.
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This is a CNN video in a maroon community in Caribbean Colombia called San Basilio, Palenke.
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Videos and links
to other Resources
VIDEOS
CNN story on Palenque, a Maroon community in Colombia
Documentary on Palenque, Colombian maroons (Excerpt, 5 minutes)
Documentary on Palenque, Colombian maroons (Full length, 59 minutes)
‘Quilombo Country’ – trailer for documentary on Brazilian maroons by Leonard Abrams
Quilombo – movie about Brazilian maroons
The Kromanti Language of the Jamaican Maroons
Video of annual Accompong Maroons Celebration in Jamaica, 2007
Short video by National Geographic on Jamaican Maroons
Stage performance of Suriname Maroons at the United Nations in New York, 2007
Video of Suriname Maroons in 1933, by Global Image Works
Video of Suriname Maroons and Indians on the River Maroni (Marowijne) in 1930 (requires Windows Media Player)
Video on Suriname Maroons by Journeyman Pictures: ‘Defending the Secret Slave State’
Television interview with film maker Haile Gerima
SURINAMESE MAROON ORGANIZATIONS
Stichting Sabanapeti – André Pakosie (recommended)
Stichting Saamaka Soni (recommended)
MAROON TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS
Ma Ye Du Suriname (Eco Tourist Destination)
Cockpit Country Jamaica (Eco Tourist Destination)
JAMAICAN MAROON ORGANIZATIONS
WEBSITES
The work of anthropologists Richard and Sally Price
Maroon Heritage Research Project
Website of cultural anthropologist Marieke Heemskerk
Suriname Maroon Arts & Crafts: collection at Tropen Museum in Holland
JohnHorse.com (on Black Seminoles)
Interpreting the Gullah/Geechee Heritage in the 21st Century
Another article on Black Seminoles
Smithsonian Exhibition on Maroons
Music of Maroons in the Americas, by Smithsonian Institute
Slave Resistance – a student study by the History Department of the University of Miami)
Website of anthropologists Richard and Sally Price
Official website for the film ‘Quilombo Country’ by Leonard Abrams, on Brazilian Maroons
Wikipedia on ethnic groups in Suriname
Official website for Peace Corps Suriname
Scott and Kerry Knudson Galson’s website for their Peace Corps volunteer service in Suriname
Slave resistance in Suriname: To Rise or Not to Rise
Black Seminoles – the Gullah: a website by Joseph A. Opala
Facebook Group: The Black Seminole Nation
Black Seminoles: Gullah Who Escaped Slavery
LINGUISTICS
Online dictionary English – Saamaka (Suriname Maroon language)
Tutorial for Saamaka language (in English)
Tutorial for Saamaka language (in Dutch)
DOCUMENTS
* The Maroons of Suriname, by André R.M. Pakosie (pdf, 12 pages)
* The Maroons of Suriname, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (pdf, 8 pages)
* The Maroons of Jamaica, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (pdf, 8 pages)