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The transmigration village of Nieuw-Koffiekamp was founded in 1964, because the village of Koffiekamp was going to be flooded by the Brokopondo Reservoir.Koffiekamp was a federation of three settlements of the Ndyuka maroons: Maipa-ondo of the Misidjan lo (clan) founded in 1793, Baka Mbuju of the Njanfai lo, and Maria Hartmann founded Koffiekamp in 1851 as a mission of the Moravian Church. [4]
Brownsweg is a town and resort in Suriname in the Brokopondo District. Its population at the 2012 census was 4,793. Its population at the 2012 census was 4,793. [ 1 ]
Lebidoti is a village in Suriname with a population of about 1,000 and two nearby villages of Bakoe and Pitean. The people are of Maroon [1] descent, specifically the Aukan tribe, and moved to this specific location when the building of the Afobaka dam created the Brokopondo Reservoir.
Maroon, which can have a more general sense of being abandoned without resources, entered English around the 1590s, from the French adjective marron, [2] meaning 'feral' or 'fugitive'. Despite the same spelling, the meaning of 'reddish brown' for maroon did not appear until the late 1700s, perhaps influenced by the idea of maroon peoples. [3] [4]
The Jungle Commando (formally known as the Suriname National Liberation Army) was a guerrilla commando group in Suriname.It was founded by Ronnie Brunswijk in 1986 to ensure equal rights for Suriname's minority Maroon population.
The Brokopondo district was established in 1959 [2] out of the former Suriname District.The establishment of the district was related to the 1958 Brokopondo Agreement between the Government of Suriname and Alcoa for the creation of the Brokopondo Reservoir. [3]
Marowijne is also home to many Maroon palenques. The Maroons are descendants of slaves who escaped from their Dutch masters centuries ago, particularly slaves who escaped from Suriname's huge plantations during the 18th century. They established autonomy for their interior settlements by a 1760 peace treaty with the Netherlands, which was ...
Brownsberg can be reached from the town of Brownsweg. [3] Stoneiland, a tourist resort and beach, is located at the foot of the mountain. [8] References