People in between: the Matawai Maroons of Suriname
(1981)–Chris de Beet, Miriam Sterman–
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(see p. 424). Once a small migrant community of Matawai was initially formed, this community itself became a factor in the continuity of migration. On the one hand new migrants came to join their relatives to the coast, on the other the migrants contributed to a change in the world-view of the people who remained in the tribal villages. The rapid urban growth which was partly due to migration of members of tribal groups, led to a reaction on the part of the Surinamese government, which wished to counter the migration stream. In the second chapter we discuss changes in the tribal villages and present a case study of a proposal for a development project initiated by the government. Although it has become unlikely that the project will be executed according to the original plan, the discussion of its remains to have relevance because the basic ideas behind the plan such as large-scale agricultural production, still dominate thinking about the development of the Bush Negro areas. In the conclusion we focus on the interrelationship between migrant and tribal communities and its significance for development planning. |
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