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The Saramaka are one of six Maroon (or "Bush Negro") groups in Suriname. The ancestors of the Saramaka were slaves who escaped into the dense rain forest where for nearly 100 years they fought a war of liberation before gaining emancipation in 1762. They speak variants of a Creole language called Saramaccan.  The Saramaka live in the northern extension of the Amazonian forest along the Suriname River and its tributaries, the Ga&aacute;nl&iacute;o and the Pik&iacute;l&iacute;o. For subsistence, the Saramaka depend on shifting (swidden) horticulture, hunting, and fishing, supplemented by wild forest products and a few key imports such as salt. Men make periodic work trips by  to the coast to bring back Western goods.

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Herskovits, Melville Jean	Rebel destiny	1934
Price, Richard	Culture summary	1999
Price, Richard	Two evenings in Saramaka	1991
Price, Richard	Saramaka social structure	1975
Price, Richard	First-time	1983
Price, Richard	Alabi's world	1990
Price, Sally	Co-wives and calabashes	1993

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