In Dutch:
Clark Accord
De koningin van Paramaribo
ISBN: 9041702393
Oorspronkelijke Nederlandse uitgave:
Uitgeverij Vassalluci, Amsterdam 1999
Uitgave als Rainbow Pocketboek: maart 2001
Omvang: 368 pag.
Rainbow Pocketboek nr: 539
Prijs: € 8
Nederlandse Zeelieden en soldaten noemden haar liefkozend de`Zwarte Koningin van de West'. Maxi Linder, een van Suriname's beroemdste prostituees, was schaamteloos, welbespraakt, extravagant en onzelfzuchtig. Accord beschrijft in deze veelzijdige en kleurrijke roman niet alleen op overtuigende wijze een veelbewogen vrouwenleven, hij weeft ook diverse historische gebeurtenissen door het verhaal, die van blijvende invloed zijn geweest op de geschiedenis van Suriname.
De auteur
Clark Accord (1961) is geboren in Paramaribo en is momenteel fulltime werkzaam als schrijver. De koningin van Paramaribo is zijn romandebuut. De vertaalrechten zijn reeds verkocht aan Duitsland, Spanje en Finland. Voor Theater Cosmic schreef Accord een monoloog met dezelfde titel, die overal in het land volle zalen heeft getrokken. Zijn nieuwste roman Tussen Apoera en Oreala, een liefdesgeschiedenis in de regenwouden, verschijnt in september 2001.
- IN PLACE OF SLAVERY: A Social History of British Indian and Javanese Laborers in Suriname
ISBN: 0813016258
Format: Hardcover, 352pp
Pub date: November 1998
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Rosemarijn Hoefte explores the rise of indentured servitude on the sugar plantations of Suriname after the end of slavery in that Dutch Caribbean colony in South America. In this first study ever of bonded labor in Suriname, she discusses and compares the social, cultural, and economic consequences of migration and plantation life and offers insights into the system of indentured immigration in general.
Slavery was abolished in Suriname in 1863. Between 1873 and 1940 more than 34,000 British Indians and nearly 33,000 Javanese (a unique presence in the Caribbean) entered Suriname and effectively replaced the former slaves. Working under a contract that included the so-called penal sanction, they were forced to place their labor power at the unqualified disposal of their employers; the employers had the right to press criminal charges against the laborers who broke their contract.
Focusing on Plantation Marienburg, the largest and longest-surviving sugar mill in Suriname, Hoefte examines the reactions of the planters, the colonial state, and the former slaves to this influx of two large ethnic groups with different cultural backgrounds. She describes the hierarchical organization of the plantation and discusses such aspects of indenture as wages, housing, medical care, religion, and education. Both an economic analysis and a pioneering social history, the book fills a gap, in the study of immigration in the Caribbean.
ISBN 0807085502
Format Hardcover, 384pp
Publication date January 1999
Publisher Beacon Press
Lavishly illustrated with more than 300 images, this groundbreaking study presents the arts of the Maroons - descendants of rebel slaves from diverse African origins who wrested their freedom from Dutch plantation owners in South America in the eighteenth century and established independent societies in the tropical rain forest. The Prices build on their more than thirty years of involvement with the Maroons, which has produced over a dozen books on Maroon history and culture. Here, they recount the art history of these unique societies, showcase the work of individual artists, and explore the place of the arts in daily life. They also chronicle the challenges faced by today's Maroons as they struggle to maintain their cultural identity despite harsh attacks from without - civil war, a plummeting economy, the introduction of drugs, and invasion of their territory by multinational mining and lumber companies. And readers will follow the spread of Maroon arts beyond the rain forest, as tourists, dealers, collectors, museum curators, and even art forgers enter the picture.
Award-winning anthropologists Sally and Richard Price have produced the first comprehensive exploration of the aesthetic development of the Maroons, descendants of African rebel slaves who won their freedom from the Dutch in the 18th century and lived in the South American rainforests. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 images.
ISBN 0226680622
Format Paperback, 432pp
Publication date March 1991
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Saramaka folktales (kontu) are closely associated with funeral celebrations. The immediate goal of every Saramaka funeral (which serves ultimately to usher a recently deceased member of the community into the world of the ancestors) is 'to bury the deceased with celebration pizii. Amid the hectic weeks of drumming, dancing, singing, feasting, and complex rituals that contribute to these festivities, the telling of folktales--which takes place during the nights)--constitutes a special moment for people of all ages.
ISBN 0791047482
Format Hardcover, 96pp
Publication date October 1997
Publisher Chelsea House Publishers
Age Range Young Adult
An overview of the history, geography, economy, government, people, and culture of the country on the northeast coast of South America formerly known as Dutch Guiana.
