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- Title
Transnational Maroon Organizing: Honoring Maroon Day and Maroons, in Suriname and Beyond.
- Authors
Peretz, Jeremy Jacob
- Abstract
October 10th, 2015 marked the 255th anniversary of the 1760 acknowledgment of a peace treaty between Okanisi Maroon peoples and Dutch colonial authorities in what is now Suriname. To honor this day as a newly-recognized national holiday in Suriname, called Maroon Day, a delegation of Maroon peoples from around the Americas was convened by a group of dedicated local Surinamese Maroon activists. In presenting a field-report detailing my experiences as a non-Maroon member of this collaborative trip to Suriname, this paper also focuses on one individual's participation in the events--the official North American Maroon representative--and the transnational organizing that facilitated this special guest's inclusion. Along with describing particular circumstances and significant outcomes of what became known as a cultural exchange/peace mission, this account also provides brief contextual histories of some Maroon peoples in the US, as well as Maroons in Suriname. An essay of photographs follows after to accompany the field-report, providing some visual context illustrating the trip and its participants and settings.
- Subjects
SURINAME; MAROONS; PEACE treaties
- Publication
Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 2016, Vol 39, Issue 1, p108
- ISSN
0041-5715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5070/f7391029816