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The Gaama\u2019s spirit directs where they go
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Tablet Amoida & Glenn carry the oracle (the bottom of an old canoe)
The Gaama\u2019s spirit directs where they go
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Samantha Main, a Saamaka student from Paramaribo.
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Paramaribo. Asindoopo, Suriname
Samantha Main, a Saamaka student from Paramaribo.
Asindoopo, Suriname, 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Asindoopo village, Saamaka territory, Suriname, 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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French Guiana, 2014.\" \/><\/div>\n
Onis works as assistant to his cousin Sek\u00e9, a Ndyuka tourist guide on the Maroni River
French Guiana, 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Asindoopo, Suriname, 2014.\" \/><\/div>\n
Speech by Albert Aboikoni, who served as interim Gaama, in front of government officials, on the burial vigil (Booko-de).
Asindoopo, Suriname, 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Negroes of Suriname., de\/by John Gabriel Stedman, 1796 \/ Collection of Robert N. Essick. \u02dd 2015 William Blake Archive.\" \/><\/div>\n
Narrative, of a Five Years\u2019 Expedition, against the Revolted
Negroes of Suriname., de\/by John Gabriel Stedman, 1796 \/ Collection of Robert N. Essick. \u02dd 2015 William Blake Archive.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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A Saamaka boy with a parrot, participant in the Gaama\u2019s funeral in Asindoopo, Suriname, 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Headless, embalmed parrot. Alexandre Franconie departmental Museum, Cayenne, French Guiana, 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Chinese market in front of Grand Santi, Surinamen 2014.\" \/><\/div>\n
Papakente, a Ndyuka gold miner, shows off his rings.
Chinese market in front of Grand Santi, Surinamen 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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As a part of the ritual, the canoe circles around and around several times in order to represent the hesitations of the deceased\u2019s soul.
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On a village canoe, Aboikoni family members dance.
As a part of the ritual, the canoe circles around and around several times in order to represent the hesitations of the deceased\u2019s soul.
Asindoopo,Suriname, 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Stephano, a young Ndyuka on the bank of Maroni river in village of Belicampo, French Guiana, 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Alexandre Franconie departmental Museum, Cayenne,
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A slave, in bronze, anonymous, from the 19th century.
Alexandre Franconie departmental Museum, Cayenne,
French Guiana, 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Young Maroons playing in the public swimming pool of Saint-Laurent du Maroni. Place de la R\u00e9publique, French Guiana, 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Adrien Ajintoena in trance during the Komanti ceremony in Charvein, French Guiana 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Milky Way from Belicampo.
Maroni River, French Guiana, 2014.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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OBIA. MAROONS OF THE GUIANAS, FROM ANTISLAVERY STRUGGLES TO MASS SOCIETY (SURINAME-FRENCH GUIANA 2014)<\/div>\n
Nicola Lo Calzo, Italy<\/div>\n
Suriname \u2013 French Guiana<\/div>\n

Despite having played a fundamental role in the anti-slavery struggle and identity construction of the African diaspora in the Americas, marronage<\/i> is still poorly understood.<\/p>\n

Marronage<\/i> created communities that wrested themselves free of slavery and proclaimed their sovereignty in the New World. These communities of runaway slaves were found throughout the Americas, from Louisiana to Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, Brazil and the Guianas. Some of the descendants of these societies continue to exist today. They are the gatekeepers of a little known self-emancipation narrative. This is the story of the Maroons of the Guianas, also known as Businenge or Bushinengue<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The Obia<\/i> photographic project \u2015undertaken in the historical Maroon territories of Saamaka and Maroni, in both Suriname and French Guiana (1)\u2015 seeks to examine the links between the exceptional magical-religious legacy of Maroon people and the new challenges that stem from modernity: the ongoing acculturation among new generations and the counterweight produced by deculturation. Additionally, Obia<\/i> calls for a rethink of the connections between historical marronage<\/i> and challenges pertaining to contemporary immigration and, not least, between the memories of the colonial past and accommodations with the postcolonial present.<\/p>\n

Nicola Lo Calzo<\/p>\n

NICOLA LO CALZO<\/div>\n
(b. 1979) Turin, Italy\/ Paris, France<\/div>\n

Nicola Lo Calzo has focused his photographic practice and research on issues of identity, colonialism, and inter-sectionality. His images show how minority groups interact with their environment and devise strategies of survival and resistance. Over the past seven years, Lo Calzo has been engaged in an ambitious research project, entitled The Cham<\/i>, about memories of the slave trade and slavery, which includes various series of photographs taken in Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Under the Kehrer Verlag imprint, he has published Regla<\/i> (2017), Obia<\/i> (2015), and Inside Niger<\/i> (2012). He is a contributor to Le Monde<\/i>, The New Yorker<\/i>, The Wall Street Journal<\/i>, and The New York Times<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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1. This region, known now as the town of Saint-Laurent-du-Maronio, is located on the Maroni River, between French Guiana and Surinam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-proyecto-en.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1020,"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africamericanos.vistprojects.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}