Prophets of Doom

A History of the Okanisi Maroons in Suriname

H.U.E. Thoden van Velzen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

428 Seiten

2024
Brill (Verlag)
9789004693630 (ISBN)

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Building on sixty years of fieldwork, archival research and oral accounts, this book presents the history of prophetic and anti-witchcraft movements among the Okanisi of Suriname from their escape from slavery to the present day.

Once the Maroons escaped from slavery and established their communities in the remote interior of Suriname, attention shifted from military threat to internal danger. As they faced these dangers in an unknown rainforest, they sought refuge in prophetic movements directed by charismatic religious leaders.

This book charts the history of Okanisi religious movements from their escape to the present day. It is based on sixty years of fieldwork by the late Bonno Thoden van Velzen and Ineke van Wetering, archival research and oral histories. Prophets of Doom is a tribute to Okanisi society and reflects decades of research and dedication.

H.U.E. Thoden van Velzen (1933–2020) was Professor of Anthropology at Utrecht University and the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research. Among his publications are The Great Father and the Danger (KITLV,1988), In the Shadow of the Oracle (Waveland Press, 2004) and Een Zwarte Vrijstaat in Suriname: De Okaanse Samenleving in de 19e en 20e eeuw (Brill, 2013) with W. van Wetering.

Foreword: Two anthropologists at Work: An Insider’s Perspective

Acknowledgements

Glossary

List of Maps and Illustrations

Introduction

1 The Construction of History in Maroon Society

2 The Lost Homeland and the Years of Suffering

3 Loweten: The Great Trek

4 In a Forest Sanctuary

5 The Fight for Supremacy and the Exploration of the Hinterland

6 Peace

7 Dangerous Newcomers

8 A War Like No Other

9 Great Events

10 Saka in Command of the Tribal Obiya

11 New Movements

12 At the Oracle of Gaan Tata

13 A Fury Unleashed

14 The Jungle Commando’s Obiya

15 Demons

16 Hard Facts and the Stories

Archival Sources and References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.01.2024
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Global Slavery ; 13
Co-Autor	Richard Price
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	722 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9789004693630 / 9789004693630
Zustand	Neuware