Lantiwei

Lantiwei, also spelled as Lantiwee and Lantiwé, is a Ndyuka Maroon village on the Cottica River in Suriname. Lantiwei lies opposite the village of Pinatjaimi, with Lantiwei being the village the people of Pinatjaimi originated from.

Lantiwei
Lantiwee
Village
Drawing of Lantiwei (1874)
Drawing of Lantiwei (1874)
Lantiwei is located in Suriname
Lantiwei
Lantiwei
Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 5°47′24″N 54°24′44″W
CountrySuriname
DistrictMarowijne District
Resort (municipality)Wanhatti
Government
 • CaptainDa Wetipai
 • CaptainDa Naloi

During the Boni-wars the colonial army build the camp ‘s Lands Welvaren soon to be nicknamed by the soldiers as Devil's harwar (harbour) because of the many soldiers who were killed by tropical diseases.[1]

In 1980, the Baptist missionary Anne Dreisbach set up a clinic in the village with the permission of the captain at the time. She is still serving the Cottica villages with medical services.[2][3][4]

During the Suriname Guerrilla War, many people fled to either French Guiana or to Paramaribo.

Since 2011, there has been a road connecting Lantiwei to the East-West Link, via the laterite road that had already connected Wanhatti since 1972.[5]

References
  1. John Gabriel Stedman (1988). Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: Transcribed for the First Time from the Original 1790 Manuscript. Edited by Richard Price and Sally Price. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988
  2. "Suriname - Our Missionary - Anne Dreisbach". Brookside Baptist Church. Archived from the original on 2014-09-01. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  3. Mulder, Nikki (2013-02-16). "De moeder Teresa van de Cotticarivier". De Ware Tijd. Paramaribo. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  4. Hoogendam, Jaap (2011-03-31). "Aucaners langs de Cottica leven primitief". Parbode. Paramaribo. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  5. Mulder, Nikki (2013-02-23). "Hoop voor vergeten dorpen aan de Cottica". De Ware Tijd. Paramaribo. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
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