They connected…!

June 28, 2020.Reading time 58 minutes.

They connected…! A list of African words in African Suriname languages

Children of one Father

March 23, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Suriname is far from a racial utopia. However, it is far better than most countries when it comes to race relationships, and that I know for a fact!

Africa’s best kept secret outside of Africa

June 25, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

As I have mentioned numerous times before on this blog,

Maroon Resilience

May 10, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

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

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.

Suriname meets Ghana

March 25, 2014.Reading time 1 minute.

This is a fragment from the documentary Katibo Yeye. It’s a pity they didn’t post the whole documentary online. Every African (in diaspora) should see this video. Especially From the 06:00 minute mark on, it gets very interesting. It amazes me every time I see it…:-) There are some ignorant Africans in Diaspora that claim […]