The Djuka civilization
article 1984 • Thoden van Velzen, H. U. E.

Ndyuka • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
In this article, Thoden van Velzen, uses the Ndyuka data to critique Norbert Elias's theory regarding the relationship between centralized authority and civilization. According to Elias, the control over emotional life and regulation of social relati...

Priests, spirit mediums, and guerillas in Suriname
book chapter 1994 • Thoden van Velzen, H. U. E.

Ndyuka • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is an article about the rediscovery of Ndyuka possession cults and medicinemen by young, urbanized maroons who joined the rebel army during Suriname's civil war (1986-1989). Traditional medicinemen took care of the wounded in the interior. Also,...

Dangerous ancestors
book chapter 1995 • Thoden van Velzen, H. U. E.

Ndyuka • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This article is about the ambivalency with which Ndyuka historians regard leaders of the past. On the one hand, Ndyuka leaders are celebrated for leading both the flight to freedom and the subsequent struggle to resist recapture. On the other hand, t...

The Great Father and the Danger
Book 1991 • Thoden van Velzen, H. U. E. & Wetering, Wilhelmina van

Ndyuka • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is a fascinating account of High God cults and associated religious movements among the Ndyuka from the later half of the nineteenth century to the late 1980s. Ndyuka religion is organized around four separate spiritual worlds of ancestors (YOOK...

Culture summary
essay 1999 • Wetering, Wilhelmina van & Thoden van Velzen, H. U. E.

Ndyuka • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is a culture summary of the Ndyuka....