Maroon arts : cultural vitality in the African diaspora

This study presents the arts of the Maroons -- descendants of rebel slaves from diverse African origins who wrested their freedom from Dutch plantation owners in South America in the eighteenth century and established independent societies in the tropical rainforest.
Through woodcarving, textile arts, and a variety of other media, the Maroons of Suriname and French Guiana have kept alive pan-African aesthetic ideas while adapting them creatively to changing economic and social circumstances, and to each generation's thirst for innovative artistic forms.