De Marronvrouw in de stad

How urbanisation affected Maroon women, by Martina Amoksi

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1 to 3 days

A historical analysis of what urbanisation meant for Maroon women. ‘A girl is the wealth of the bee’, says an expression that captures the central role of women in Maroon communities. The bee is a group of Maroons related through the mother's line. Martina Amoksi, herself of Maroon descent, places the role and position of Maroon women in historical perspective. Her central question: what did the urbanisation of the second half of the twentieth century mean for the socio-economic position of Maroon women in Suriname? Her analysis shows how much they have contributed to the survival of Maroon communities. It is the first systematic study centred on the Maroon woman, filling a gap in the historiography of Suriname. Published in the NiNsee series of the Dutch National Institute for the Study of Slavery and its Legacy, with Uitgeverij Amrit. 100 pages.