hicksy2How many people here go looking for chestnuts/marrons/castaniens in the autumn? In the UK, Sheffield, there don't seem to be too many. A tree that had absolutely loads in 2023 is barren this year. I have only managed to find two pocketfuls. There is a black walnuts though that is having an absolute mast year. #chestnut #castana #marrons #juglans #juglansnigra #sheffield #autumn #nuts #uk
joene extraOut of Context: *The Maroons of Suriname*
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9qcWBzpmP_s
"Deep within the rainforest of South America, live groups of people who have guarded their African traditions, language and spirituality for over two centuries. Known as Maroons, these escaped slaves defied a global empire to win their independence and become masters of their realm. Until recently, their lands were off-limits to outsiders, shrouded in mystery. Join us as we step into their world to tell the incredible story of the Maroons of Suriname.
References
Saamaka Dreaming, Richard Price and Sally Price, 2017
John Gimlette, Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge, 2011
John Hemming, Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon, 2008
Charles C. Mann, 1491: The Americas Before Columbus, 2005
Charles C. Mann, 1493: How the Ecological Collision of Europe and the Americas Gave Rise to the Modern World, 2011
McNeill, J. R, Mosquito Empires; Ecology and War in the Greater Carribbean, 2010
English colonies in Guiana and on the Amazon, 1604-1668, James A. Williamson, 1923"
#maroons #Surinam #Suriname #Saramaka #Marrons #dutch #slavery
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