Suriname
Capital · Paramaribo
Maroon nations — Saramaka, Ndyuka, Aluku, Paamaka — who forced treaties out of the Dutch in the 1760s and still govern their own interior.
Suriname at a glance
- Capital
- Paramaribo
- Region
- South America · Caribbean (CARICOM)
- Currency
- Surinamese dollar (SRD)
- Languages
- Dutch · Sranan Tongo
- Dialling code
- +597
- Status
- Sovereign nation
The African connection
Nowhere in the Americas did Maroon societies survive so completely. Saramaka and Ndyuka kept West and Central African language, drumming, textile design and governance largely intact, and their communities along the upper rivers remain self-governing.
Key dates for Suriname
The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.
Diaspora meets diaspora
AfricAsia began with Africans in Asia. The same story runs through every entry in this section — people of African descent building a life a long way from where their ancestors started.
If you are from Suriname and you are anywhere in Asia — studying, working, playing, passing through — there are people here who will know what you are asking before you finish the question.
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