Djuka society and social change : history of an attempt to develop a Bush Negro community in Surinam 1917-1926 /Silvia Wilhelmina de Groot.

"This study deals with a period in the history of the Djukas, one of the Bush Negro tribes of Surinam. It concerns the period of 1917 to 1926, which has particular significance because during that time the first systematic effort was made to bring about social change and to draw them more fully into the whole of the Surinam community. This development plan was initiated by the Colonial Administration and its execution was assigned to an official specially appointed for the purpose called a postholder."--Provided by the publisher (introduction).