Manlobi
Malobi
Village
Place of sacrifice at Manlobi (1903)
Place of sacrifice at Manlobi (1903)
Manlobi is located in Suriname
Manlobi
Manlobi
Coordinates: 4°16′05″N 54°29′56″W / 4.268056°N 54.498889°W / 4.268056; -54.498889
Country Suriname
DistrictSipaliwini District
ResortTapanahony
Government
 • CaptainAlikani Godo[1]
Time zoneUTC-3 (AST)

Manlobi (also: Malobi[2]) is a village of Ndyuka Maroons in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is located on an island in the Tapanahony River.[1]

Overview

Manlobi was built by runaway slaves from the plantations.[3] In 1797, it was reported that there was a village on this location.[4]

Manlobi has a school, and a Methodist church.[2] In 2010, a communication mast was placed on the Berayu mountain near the village, providing the village with mobile phone access.[5]

In 2007, Freedom Resources, a gold mining company, procured a large concession on the left shore of the river and built a settlement near the landing ground with a supermarket.[6] The mining activities have attracted skalians, illegal gold dredges, who pollute the river with mercury.[1]

In 2009, the short documentary Trypps #6 by Ben Russell was shot in Manlobi.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Goudwinning dichtbij Malobi zorgt voor spanningen tussen dorpsbewoners en ondernemer". Suriname Herald (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 Plan Bureau (2014). "Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013" (PDF). Planning Office Suriname (in Dutch). p. 171.
  3. ↑ "Suriname and the Maroons". Milwaukee Public Museum. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Just B.Ch. Wekker (1986). "Historische fragmenten rond 18e-eeuwse zendingsposten in Suriname". OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse Taalkunde, Letterkunde en Geschiedenis (in Dutch). p. 185. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Digicel verbindt nog eens ruim 4000 mensen met de wereld". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Goudwinning en ontwikkeling in Marrondorp Manlobi". Star Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Trypps #6 (Malobi)". Dime Show. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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