Miami-born and Suriname-raised, his tribute to the maroons of Suriname and their legacy has come a long way. Initially presented as a Zoom reading organized by the Black Student Union at the New ...

Plotkin describes a plant that forest dwellers in Suriname, on the northern coast of South America, call nekoe. They crush its stems and sprinkle them on streams to stun fish. The local Maroons, who ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest in Suriname, an unknown route of trails, creeks, and rivers was used by the Maroons, a community of enslaved Africans, to escape to a victorious freedom. They took ...