Couac, also called kwak in Guianese Creole and farinha de mandioca in Portuguese, is flour made from cassava root, peeled, soaked in water, grated and drained to remove the poisonous cyanide it contai
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Development of the couac and the cassava in the 18th century
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. Situated slightly north of the equator, over 90% of
Slave auction in Paramaribo, in 1831
Javanese indentured servants in Marienbourg plantation, c. 1930