Saamaka

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Saramaka
gptkb:Saramacca
gptkbp:containsSettlement gptkb:Kwamalasamutu
gptkb:Asidonhopo
gptkbp:country gptkb:Suriname
gptkb:French_Guiana
gptkbp:culture African influences
gptkbp:descendedFrom enslaved Africans
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Saamaka_Maroon_flag
gptkbp:historicalEvent slave rebellion
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 17th-18th centuries
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Saamaka
gptkbp:influenced English
Portuguese
African languages
gptkbp:language gptkb:Saramaccan
gptkbp:languageFamily Creole
gptkbp:legalCaseCourt gptkb:Inter-American_Court_of_Human_Rights
gptkbp:legalCaseTopic land rights
gptkbp:legalCaseYear 2007
gptkbp:legalIssue gptkb:Saramaka_People_v._Suriname
gptkbp:location gptkb:Suriname
gptkb:French_Guiana
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Upper_Suriname_River
gptkbp:musicBy Afro-Surinamese drumming
gptkbp:notableFor preserving African traditions
gptkbp:population about 70,000
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Aluku
gptkb:Ndyuka
gptkb:Kwinti
gptkb:Matawai
gptkb:Paramaka
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Afro-Surinamese_religions
gptkbp:ruled gptkb:Gaama
gptkbp:status granted by treaty
gptkbp:traditionalCraft wood
calabash art
gptkbp:traditionalDance awasa
gptkbp:traditionalDress pangi
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Dutch_colonial_government
1762
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Saamaka Maroon heritage
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Paramacca
gptkb:Sipaliwini_District
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7