Abunasunga

Abunasunga or Abouna Sounga, also known as Lensidede or Lessé Dédé, is a Wayana village on an island in the Lawa River.[2]

Abunasunga Lensidede
Abunasunga Location in French Guiana
Coordinates: 4°1′37″N 54°19′57″W
Country	France
Overseas region	French Guiana
Arrondissement	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Commune	Papaïchton
Government
• Captain	Kanailu
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	50

History

The Lawa River forms the border between Suriname and French Guiana, and islands are ambiguous. In 1860, the Ndyuka signed a peace treaty with the Aluku, and allowed them to settle in Abunasunga.[3] The Aluku had chosen French citizenship,[4] and therefore Abunasunga is a French village.[5]

Abunasunga was founded by Wayana chief Kanailu, who left the village of Kawemhakan after a conflict with granman Anapaikë about the influence of the Baptist mission on Wayana life in Kawemhakan. Abunasunga is unique among Wayana villages in that it lies in the territory inhabited by Aluku.[6]

Notes

1. "Dorpen en Dorpsbesturen". Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
2. Heemskerk et al. 2007, p. 38.
3. "L'historie des Boni en Guyane at du Suriname". nofi.media (in French). Retrieved 22 July 2020.
4. "Parcours La Source". Parc-Amazonien-Guyane (in French). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
5. Boven 2006, p. 181.
6. Boven 2006, pp. 180-181.

References

• Boven, Karin M. (2006). Overleven in een Grensgebied: Veranderingsprocessen bij de Wayana in Suriname en Frans-Guyana (PDF). Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Heemskerk, Marieke; Delvoye, Katia; Noordam, Dirk; Teunissen, Pieter (2007). Wayana Baseline Study: A sustainable livelihoods perspective on the Wayana Indigenous Peoples living in and around Puleowime (Apetina), Palumeu, and Kawemhakan (Anapaike) in Southeast Suriname (PDF). Paramaribo: Stichting Amazon Conservation Team-Suriname.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)