1st Edition

Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour Historical and Contemporary Issues in Suriname and the Caribbean

    This book is the first publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, Present and Future, which was organised in June 2013, by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Anton de Kom University of Suriname.

    Introduction

    Part 1: General Impact of Slavery, Indentured Labour and Migration

    1. Keynote Address There’s Nothing as Practical as a Good Theory: Free and Unfree Labour Across the Atlantic Stephen Small

    2. Mapping Slavery: A New Approach in History and Memory: Exploring the Potential of Digital Maps

    Dienke Hondius

    3. Integration Styles in the Indentured Indian Diaspora

    Chan E.S. Choenni

    4. Constructing the Andean Diaspora: State-based and Immigrant-led Development Strategies

    Marie D. Price

    Part 2: Health and Diseases

    5. Imperialist Contradictions: Health Issues and Indentured Indian Labourers

    Radica Mahase

    6. Health Life in Suriname

    G.P. Oehlers, M.Y. Lichtveld, L.M. Brewster, M. Algoe and E.R. Irving

    7. Opo Yeye – Mental Well-being and Cultural Identity of the Afro-Surinamese: A Slavery-Informed Answer to Living in the Twenty-first Century

    Aminata Cairo

    Part 3: Maroons and Maroon Life

    8. Finding Maroon Ancestral Settlements in Suriname, South America

    Cheryl White

    9. From Primitives to Refugees: French Guianese Categorizations of Maroons in the Aftermath of Surinamese Civil War

    Clémence Léobal

    10. Governing Ndyuka Society Abroad: The Council of Kabiten and Basiya of Okanisi in The Netherlands

    Ine Apapoe

    11. Marooned Slaves of Esmeraldas: Survival, Autonomy and Spanish Authority, 1553-1600

    Laura Moulton

    List of Contributors

    Index

    Biography

    Maurits S. Hassankhan is Head of the History Department of the Faculty of Humanities at Anton de Kom University of Suriname.

    Lomarsh Roopnarine is Associate Professor of Caribbean and Latin American Studies at Jackson State University, United States.

    Cheryl White is Hoofddocent (Senior lecturer) in the Faculty of Humanities Department of History, Anton de Kom University of Suriname.

    Radica Mahase holds a BA and PhD in History from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and a MA in Modern Indian History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India.