The Amazon Conservation Team
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Lands of Freedom

The oral history and cultural heritage of the Matawai Maroons in Suriname

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Deep in the Amazon rainforest of South America, reside a small community of Africans, whose ancestors escaped from slavery hundreds of years ago. They went on roving raids to liberate their brothers and sisters, and fought with the colonial army for their right to exist in peace.

They are known as the Matawai Maroons.

This is their story.

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