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French Guiana

George Torres

George Torres

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Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music

ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2013

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...French Guiana is a South American country bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname. Creoles, who are descendants of freed slaves, make up the largest percentage of its total population, which is about 220,000 people...

Aleke

Corinna Campbell

Corinna Campbell

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Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume IX : Genres: Caribbean and Latin America

Bloomsbury Academic, 2014

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...Aleke is a drum-based dance music associated with the Ndyuka Maroons, who occupy the border between Suriname and French Guyana. The Ndyuka are one of six subgroups of Maroons in this region. The term Maroon (and likewise the indigenous term...

French Guiana

Kenneth Bilby

Kenneth Bilby

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Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume III : Locations: Caribbean and Latin America

Continuum, 2016

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...Population: 157,000 (1999) Located on the northeastern coast of South America, French Guiana, covering 35,135 sq miles (91,000 sq km), is a geographical anomaly. An overseas department of France, it is the only former colony...