Lokono
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The Lokono or Arawak are an Indigenous peoples from the northern coastal regions of South America. Today, approximately 10,000 Lokono live primarily along the coasts and rivers of Guyana, with smaller
The Lokono Artists Group
Suriname
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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
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…regions of South America. Today, approximately 10,000 Lokono live primarily along the coasts and rivers of Guyana, with smaller numbers in Venezuela, Suriname, and French Guiana. They speak the Lokono language, the eponymous language of the Arawakan language family, as well as various Creole languages, and…
Slave auction in Paramaribo, in 1831
Javanese indentured servants in Marienbourg plantation, c. 1930
Suriname in 1914
Presidential Palace of Suriname