Caribbean Report 01-04-2002
1. You are listening to a special Easter Edition of Caribbean Report. Karen Weir takes you on a journey into the lives of an ancient people whose voices are seldom heard and who are rarely spoken about - the Bush Negroes of Suriname (00:00-00:25)
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oai:oai:uwispace.sta.uwi.edu:2139:2139-471692019-10-08T14:58:50Z Caribbean Report 01-04-2002 The British Broadcasting Corporation Weir, Karen (anchor) Abena, Paul (speaker) Brunswijk, Ronnie (speaker) Venetiaan, Ronald (speaker) Vlassoff, Carol (speaker) Wijdenbosch, Jules A. (speaker) Udenhout, Willem (speaker) The University of the West Indies Maroons -- Suriname Blacks -- Suriname African diaspora -- Suriname Maroons -- Jamaica Maroons -- Brazil Chiefdoms -- Suriname Communities -- Suriname Manners and customs Popular music -- Suriname Civil war -- Suriname Internally displaced persons -- Suriname Paramaribo (Suriname) Netherlands -- Foreign economic relations -- Suriname Bouterse, Desire Delano, 1945- Brunswijk, Ronnie Suriname -- Languages Suriname -- History -- 20th century Rural-urban migration -- Suriname Unemployment -- Suriname Families -- Suriname Bauxite -- Suriname Lumber trade -- Suriname Gold industry -- Suriname Health Mental health -- Suriname Older people -- Suriname Maroons -- Government relations Mining corporations -- Suriname Land grants -- Suriname Mercury -- Suriname Poisoning -- Suriname Water supply -- Suriname Gold miners -- Brazil Rogues and vagabonds -- Suriname Rogues and vagabonds -- Brazil Cost and standard of living -- Suriname Poverty -- Suriname Squatter settlements -- Suriname Dwellings -- Suriname Prostitution -- Suriname Businessmen -- Suriname Equality -- Suriname Songs -- Suriname BBC Caribbean Service -- Special Easter Edition Bush Negroes -- Suriname Buschneggers -- Suriname Maroon communities -- Suriname The Front for Democracy and Development (Suriname) Front voor Democratic en Ontwikkeling (Suriname) The New Front for Democracy and Development (Suriname) Nieuw Front voor Democratie en Ontwikkeling (Suriname) Kourou Peace Accord, 1989 Aukan dialect -- Suriname Aleke music -- Suriname Bush Negro men -- Suriname Bush Negro women -- Suriname 1. You are listening to a special Easter Edition of Caribbean Report. Karen Weir takes you on a journey into the lives of an ancient people whose voices are seldom heard and who are rarely spoken about - the Bush Negroes of Suriname (00:00-00:25) 2. There are only three Maroon communities in the world: Jamaica’s Blue Mountains, Brazil’s Amazon jungles and Suriname’s forest interiors. Anthropologists credit Suriname’s Maroons with the greatest success at carrying on their African homeland’s customs. Paul Abena one of Suriname’s famous Maroons tells us about Suriname’s six Maroon communities and their chiefs or “Gaunmans” (00:26-01:52) 3. We hear Aleke music listened to by Suriname’s Maroons and Paul Abena tells us that a civil war which began in the interiors in 1986, forced the Bush Negroes to flee their homes there to live in crowed Paramaribo. Maroon Ronnie Brunswijk, a former Presidential bodyguard, led the insurgence and the Dutch government got involved in the war for their own economic and political interest (01:53-04:28) 4. Karen Weir gives the history of the [civil] war, highlighting Military Leader Colonel Désire Bouterse, [Ronnie] Brunswijk and the ruling government of the day, The Democratic Front. The war ended through a deal with the New Front Party and the signing of the Kourou Peace Accord. Terese, a Bush Negro, speaks to an Interpreter in Aukan’s dialect as to whether the [civil] war achieved its objectives of improving the social and economic status of the Maroons (04:29-06:19) 5. Paul Abena says the civil war, 1986 to 1991, has caused much physical and mental damage to Bush Negroes who had to flee their villages in the interior and make a living elsewhere. Bush Negro men were unable to get jobs in the three forest industries: bauxite, timber or gold mining and this has had a devastating effect on Maroon family life. (07:39 to 07:48 – no audio). The President of Suriname, Ronald Venetiaan explains (06:20-08:38) 6. Dr. Carol Vlassoff, the Director of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), links the lengthy absenteeism of men from their Maroon communities to ill health in Bush Negro women and the elderly. She adds that things are not necessarily better for Maroons in the city, as people not as educated often do not find work and some resort to violence or drug related activity thereby affecting their health, particularly their mental health, negatively (08:38-09:56) 7. Former Maroon warrior Ronnie Brunswijk, now a successful entrepreneur, feels the government has reneged on its promise to develop Maroon communities and consult them before granting concessions on their lands to mining companies. Fellow Maroon Paul Abena, however, believes that the Maroon community must become more self-reliant and stop looking to the government or others to assist them (09:57-10:46) 8. One area the government admits losing battle in is assisting the Maroon community in preventing mercury poisoning of their water supply by rogue gold miners from Brazil. Dr. Wim Udenhout Executive Director of the Paramaribo Offices of Conservation International says the problem is widespread but government claims it is working hard to raise the standard of living for Bush Negroes and Former President Jules Wijdenbosch, agrees (10:47-12:29) 9. Karen Weir says unemployment is still highest amongst Maroons compared to any other ethnic group in Suriname. Whilst driving around Paramaribo, poverty is visible in the numerous shanti dwellings scattered across the capital (12:30-12:44) 10. We hear the voice of a famous Maroon female singer warning women to seek other ways than prostitution to make money. Many Bush Negroes heed this call and businessman Ronnie Brunswijk and broadcaster and media owner Paul Abena are examples of two highly respected Maroons. Paul Abena concludes by saying that the Maroon people are not yet considered “as equal” but the time has come for them to do something about this (12:45-15:22) 2019-06-26T17:40:33Z 2019-06-26T17:40:33Z 2002-04-01 Recording, oral CAR3592 http://hdl.handle.net/2139/47169 en The BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011 Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation Access to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit 15 min. 22 sec. Sound, mp3 application/octet-stream Caribbean Area. The British Broadcasting Corporation |