book chapter
Dangerous ancestors: ambivalent visions of eighteenth- and ninteenth-century leaders of the eastern Maroons of Suriname
slave cultures and the cultures of slavery • Knoxville • Published In 1995 • Pages: 112-144
By: Thoden van Velzen, H. U. E..
Abstract
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, there leaders were regarded as murderers and witches, having obtained dangerous powers from the outside the realm of ancestors. Thoden van Velzen attributes this ambivalency to the contradiction between the normal egalitarian regime of Ndyuka society and the need for strong leaders in times of crisis.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field Date
- 1961-1988
- Coverage Date
- 1700-1988
- Coverage Place
- Suriname
- Notes
- H. U. E. Thoden van Velzen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-144)
- LCCN
- 95004374
- LCSH
- Djuka people