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Granman (Ndyuka language:
gaanman) is the
title of the
paramount chief of a
Maroon nation in
Suriname and
French Guiana. The Ndyuka, Saramaka, Matawai...
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Gazon Matodya (c. 1920 – 1
December 2011) was
gaanman of the
Okanisi or
Ndyuka people of Suriname,
South America, one of six
Maroon peoples in the area...
- the
Sipaliwini District of Suriname.
Diitabiki is the
residence of the
gaanman of the
Ndyuka people,
since 1950, and the
location of the oracle. Both...
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village lies
along the
Saramacca River and is the
residence of the
gaanman of the
Matawai maroons.
Poesoegroenoe is home to a
Medische Zending healthcare...
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Asidonhopo is the
residence of the
paramount chief or
gaanman of the Saramaca. The
succession of
gaanman Belfon Aboikoni, who died in June 2014, has not been...
- 1945) is the
current Gaanman of the
Ndyuka nation of Suriname. Bono
Velanti was
elected to
succeed the late
Gazon Matodya as
Gaanman in 2015 and was subsequently...
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especially from the
Marowijne District. Even
though Brunswijk was a Ndyuka,
Gaanman Gazon, the
paramount chief,
refused to take
sides in the conflict, and...
- Suriname. The
village is
inhabited by the
Misidyan clan or lo. The late
gaanman Gazon Matodya was born in Moitaki.
Moitaki is
situated near the Gran Olo...
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Church of Paramaribo.
Portrait of
Ndyuka dignitaries gaanfisikali Gagu,
gaanman Amakiti and
edekabiten Kanape Portrait of
Yensa Kanape and
Willem Frederik...
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sporadically wrote for De Ware Tijd Literair. In 2003, Bhai
received the
Gaanman Gazon Matodja Award. He died on 19
December 2018 at the age of 83. Surinamese...
