Aluku

E301298

Aluku are a Maroon community in Suriname and French Guiana descended from escaped African slaves, known for their distinct culture, history of resistance, and relative isolation in the interior rainforest regions.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Aluku canonical 14
Aluku Maroons 13
Aluku Nenge 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African diaspora community ⓘ
Maroon community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
culturalPractice African-derived rituals ⓘ
distinct music and dance ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
culturalRegion Guianas ⓘ
demographicStatus minority group in French Guiana ⓘ
minority group in Suriname ⓘ
environment tropical rainforest ⓘ
ethnicOrigin African ⓘ
hasAncestry escaped African slaves ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Afro-descendant heritage in the Americas ⓘ
historicalActivity resistance against colonial authorities ⓘ
historicalContext Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
knownFor distinct culture ⓘ
history of resistance to slavery ⓘ
relative isolation ⓘ
languageFamily Creole languages ⓘ
locatedIn interior rainforest regions of French Guiana ⓘ
interior rainforest regions of Suriname ⓘ
migrationPattern historical movement between Suriname and French Guiana ⓘ
partOf Maroon peoples of French Guiana ⓘ
Maroon peoples of Suriname ⓘ
region French Guiana ⓘ
religion Afro-Surinamese traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
socialClassification Maroon ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalEconomy hunting and fishing ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Surinamese → subgroup → Aluku ⓘ
Ndyuka Maroons → relatedEthnicGroup → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Guiana Amazonian Park → hasInhabitants → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Suriname creoles → hasPart → Aluku ⓘ
Saramaka → relatedGroup → Aluku ⓘ
Matawai → relatedGroup → Aluku ⓘ
Ndyuka → neighboringPeople → Aluku ⓘ
Saramaccan Maroons → relatedGroup → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Suriname interior → inhabitedBy → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Okanisi → relatedGroup → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Aluku Djuka → hasAlternativeName → Aluku Nengee ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Aluku Djuka → hasAlternativeName → Aluku Nenge Tongo ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Aluku Djuka → hasAlternativeName → Aluku Nenge ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Aluku Djuka → associatedWith → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Pamaka → closelyRelatedTo → Aluku ⓘ
Eastern Maroon languages → spokenBy → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Matawai Maroons → ethnicRelation → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Kwinti Maroons → relatedGroup → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Aukaans → closelyRelatedTo → Aluku ⓘ
Marowijne River region → hasEthnicGroup → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Paramaka Maroons → relatedGroup → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Aluku people → alsoKnownAs → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Aluku people → ethnonym → Aluku ⓘ
Djuka → relatedGroup → Aluku Maroons ⓘ
linked to: Aluku
Djoeka → relatedEthnicGroup → Aluku ⓘ
Paramaccan → relatedGroup → Aluku ⓘ