Unity and disunity - Cottica Djuka as a kinship system

A. Kbben Unity and disunity - Cottica Djuka as a kinship system In: Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 123 (1967), no: 1, Leiden, 10-52 This PDF-file was downloaded from http://www.kitlv-journals.nl Important t o w n MAP O F SURINAM (eastern part) SHOWING AREAS OCCUPIED BY BUSH NEGROES UNI...

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Published in:Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde land- en volkenkunde, 1967, Vol.123 (1), p.10-52
Main Author: Köbben, A.J.F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Field study
Interpersonal relationships
Plantations
Rivers
Social structure
Society
Witchcraft
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Summary:A. Kbben Unity and disunity - Cottica Djuka as a kinship system In: Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 123 (1967), no: 1, Leiden, 10-52 This PDF-file was downloaded from http://www.kitlv-journals.nl Important t o w n MAP O F SURINAM (eastern part) SHOWING AREAS OCCUPIED BY BUSH NEGROES UNITY AND DISUNITY COTTICA DJUKA SOCIETY AS A KINSHIP SYSTEM l. Introduction. In om respect, however, these matriclans are unique: each m e originated (roughly during the first half of the eighteenth century) f r w a particular group of runaway slaves of a particular plantation or group of plantations, from which they alm derive their narnes. [...]the Djtt-lo (literally the Jew-10) goes back to a group of runaways from plantations owned by Portuguese Jews. According to this map the plantations on the Tempati (or Tamapati) were already deserted at this time and none of them ever belonged to Pater. According to inforrnants, they built their first village in the upper Tapanahony district n a r Godoholo, on the Sliba creek.
ISSN:0006-2294
2213-4379
0006-2294
DOI:10.1163/22134379-90002909