Johannes King

Johannes King was born around 1830, under the name Adiri, near the plantations of the lower Saramacca, in a Matawai family linked to the line of the great chiefs. He grew up in a society without writing, settled in Maripaston in 1852 and from 1855 received visions that drew him towards Christianity. Having taught himself to read, he was baptised in 1861 in the Moravian Community and preached among his own people and among the Ndyuka. An opponent of the cult of Gaan Tata, he opposed his half-brother, chief of the Matawai, then himself refused that office. He died in Maripaston on 24 October 1898.

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• NarrativeSkrekiboekoeJohannes King · 1886not translated into EnglishLiterature