Black people are like banana trees…
In Suriname there is an odo or saying: Mi na bana bon, o moro y’e trowe doti tap’ mi, o moro m’e fatu. Translation:
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Maroon Resilience
![Tropenmuseum, part of the National Museum of World Cultures [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://anaelrich.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/tropenmuseum_royal_tropical_institute_objectnumber_10019375_portret_van_een_marron_vrouw_voor_haa.jpg?w=700)
Sometime ago I found this gem of a movie/documentary on Youtube by Herman van der Horst called Faja Lobi, which translates to “Burning Love”, the name of a popular flower in Suriname, my country. The flower is also commonly known around the world as Ixora.
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