The Aluku or Boni are an exceptional Maroon ethnic group living mainly on the riverbank in Maripasoula, southwest French Guiana, and the eponymous term for their language, which has more than 5,000 speakers. They are mostly descended from former slaves from Suriname Paramaribo, who escaped and fought for freedom, then later found peace. The language is a creole of English and other influences. It is similar to the languages spoken by the Paramaccan and Kwinti or the Jamaican Patois.

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  • The Aluku or Boni are an exceptional Maroon ethnic group living mainly on the riverbank in Maripasoula, southwest French Guiana, and the eponymous term for their language, which has more than 5,000 speakers. They are mostly descended from former slaves from Suriname Paramaribo, who escaped and fought for freedom, then later found peace. The language is a creole of English and other influences. It is similar to the languages spoken by the Paramaccan and Kwinti or the Jamaican Patois. The Aluku the word is pronounced haloukou, are a legendary ethnic group in French Guiana originally from Suriname descendants of African slaves from majorities of Gold Cost (present Ghana), also known as rebels or Bushinengué (bush negro), also called Maroons, who escaped from Dutch plantations in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, today Suriname is the former colony of the english then of the Dutch at last. They speak a variant of the language Aluku, and the Ndjuka Paramaka. Before the aluku, other groups of slaves escaped: the first slaves are those who will compose the Saramaca, the second group Ndjuka. sometime after the Ndjuka The Aluku or also called Boni. Boni is a name taken from one of their former notorious leader Bokilifu Boni, some think he was a mulatto slave. Sinking, slowly, in the Amazonian forest, they finally settled in the end of the eighteenth century along side the riverbanks tributary of Lawa Maroni, now forming the border between French Guiana and Suriname . As to the mixing between different clan, they formed a new ethnic group. The struggles for freedom against the Dutch troops and also against the Ndjuka and the Saramaca almost extinguished them. Now feuding brothers living farther north, created a sense of belonging to the same people living in either one side or the other of the River Today border. Their traditional language is a creole based on English also called Aluku (about 90% of language is old english). It is similar to the languages spoken by the Pamaka and Ndjuka. But there is a slit difference between Aluku language and Ndjuka language or any other similar language. is similar situation As the english of Ireland and the one of England. In the late eighteenth centuries the Aluku occupied the region of today Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Apatou, Grand-Santi and the largest fraction of the territory still occupied called Fochi-ké (First Cry)better known as Aluku is located in the region of Maripasoula, consisting of municipalities and city of Maripasoula and the capital city of Papaïchton and his traditional villages,Kormontibo, Assissi, Loca, Tabiki, and Agoodé in French Guiana and Cottica, Suriname. Another part, far downstream lies near the mouth of the river with city of Apatou and Maiman. There is also a very large population Aluku in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni,Cayenne Matoury,and Kourou. Traditionally, Aluku sustained itself, living in gathering, hunting, fishing and nomadic culture far from their homes. However, taken together, they seem to have passed the point of no return to society of consumption, the market economy and modernity. Many bonuses are hired as drivers of river boats (pirogues) by the Army, in the 9th RIMa. According to Bernard Delpech, in Les Cahiers d'Outre-Mer, No. 182: they undergo the "destabilization of the basic traditional material, cultural transformation, altering the rules of collective life"
  • Les Alukus — le terme se prononce aloukou — constituent un groupe ethnique du Suriname issu de descendants d’esclaves africains rebelles, les Bushinengues — littéralement, les noirs des forêts, aussi appelés noirs marrons —, qui se sont échappés des plantations hollandaises aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles — le Suriname actuel correspond à l'ancienne colonie de la Guyane hollandaise. Ils parlent une variante de la langue des Aluku, des Ndjuka et des Paramaka. Avant eux s'étaient échappés d'autres esclaves : les premiers sont ceux qui formeront le groupe Saramaca, les seconds le groupe Djuka. Les Alukus sont aussi appelés Bonis, du nom de leur premier chef, Boni Bokilifu, un mulâtre lui-même esclave. S'enfonçant, peu à peu, dans la forêt amazonienne, ils finirent par s'installer à la fin du Modèle:XVIIIe siècle le long des berges de la rivière Lawa affluent du Maroni, formant aujourd'hui la frontière entre la Guyane française et le Suriname. Au fur et à mesure des brassages entre les différentes populations en fuite ils formèrent une nouvelle ethnie. Les combats menés pour leur liberté contre les troupes hollandaises, mais aussi contre les Djukas et les Saramacas, frères ennemis vivant plus au nord, créèrent un sentiment d'appartenance à un même peuple habitant indifféremment d'un côté ou de l'autre du fleuve, aujourd'hui frontière. Leur langue traditionnelle est un créole à base anglaise (environ à 90 %). Il est similaire aux langues parlées par les Saramacas et les Djukas. Il y a autant de différence entre l'Aluku et le Djuka qu'entre le français de Marseille et celui de Brest. Aujourd'hui, la fraction la plus importante et la plus anciennement occupée du territoire traditionnel des Alukus est située dans la région de Maripasoula, se composant des communes et villages de Maripasoula, Papaïchton, Kormontibo, Assissi, Loco, Tabiki, et Agoodé en Guyane Française, et Cottica, au Suriname. Une autre partie, très en aval se situe près de l'embouchure du fleuve avec les villages d'Apatou et de Maïman. Il existe aussi une très importante population Aluku à Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, à Cayenne et à Kourou. Traditionnellement, les Alukus s'autosuffisaient, en vivant de cueillette, de chasse, de pêche et de culture nomade situées loin de leur habitation. Cependant, dans leur ensemble, ils semblent avoir passé le point de non-retour vers la société de consommation, de l'économie marchande et de la modernité. De nombreux Bonis sont embauchés, comme conducteurs d'embarcations fluviales (piroguiers) par l'armée de terre, au sein du . Selon Bernard Delpech, dans Les Cahiers d'Outre-mer, n°182 : ils subissent la « déstabilisation de la base matérielle traditionnelle, transformation des mentalités, altération des règles de vie collective », voir bondy. ird. fr.
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  • The Aluku or Boni are an exceptional Maroon ethnic group living mainly on the riverbank in Maripasoula, southwest French Guiana, and the eponymous term for their language, which has more than 5,000 speakers. They are mostly descended from former slaves from Suriname Paramaribo, who escaped and fought for freedom, then later found peace. The language is a creole of English and other influences. It is similar to the languages spoken by the Paramaccan and Kwinti or the Jamaican Patois.
  • Les Alukus — le terme se prononce aloukou — constituent un groupe ethnique du Suriname issu de descendants d’esclaves africains rebelles, les Bushinengues — littéralement, les noirs des forêts, aussi appelés noirs marrons —, qui se sont échappés des plantations hollandaises aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles — le Suriname actuel correspond à l'ancienne colonie de la Guyane hollandaise. Ils parlent une variante de la langue des Aluku, des Ndjuka et des Paramaka.
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