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Record Nr.

UNINA9910156504003321

Autore

King Johannes <1830-1898, >

Titolo

Life at Maripaston / / edited by H.F. de Ziel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 1973

The Hague : , : M. Nijhoff, , 1973

ISBN

9789004286948

9789024715275

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v. 142 pages) : illustrations, maps, portrait; digital file(s)

Collana

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; ; 64

Disciplina

988.300496

Soggetti

Creole dialects - Suriname

Suriname Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

nessun linguaggio

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

I. Introduction -- II. Summary -- III. Text.

Sommario/riassunto

The Matawai Maroon Johannes King (ca. 1830-1898) taught himself to read and write at an advanced age. He wanted to bridge the gap between the generations by publishing his \'Book of Horrors\' ( Skrekiboekoe ) and the present book which has been given the title Life at Marispaston . King wanted to explain the root of the problems between him and his elder brother, Chief Noah Andrai, representatives respectively of the church and the state at the village level. King wanted to justify his life in the eyes of the church, the EBG-Moravian Brethren, and his fellow Maroons. This book is an important contribution to the church history of Suriname, yet also offers insights into the history of the Maroon communities in Suriname. This book is one of the first original works in Sranantongo.