Lantiwei Explained

Official Name:Lantiwei
Other Name:Lantiwee
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Suriname
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Suriname
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Suriname
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Marowijne District
Subdivision Type2:Resort (municipality)
Subdivision Name2:Wanhatti
Leader Title:Captain
Leader Name:Da Wetipai
Leader Title1:Captain
Leader Name1:Da Naloi
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Coordinates:5.79°N -54.4122°W

Lantiwei, also spelled as Lantiwee and Lantiwé, is a Ndyuka Maroon village on the Cottica River in Suriname. Lantiwei lies opposite the village of Pinatjaimi, with Lantiwei being the village the people of Pinatjaimi originated from.

During the Boni-wars the colonial army build the camp ‘s Lands Welvaren soon to be nicknamed by the soldiers as Devil's harwar (harbour) because of the many soldiers who were killed by tropical diseases.[1]

In 1980, the Baptist missionary Anne Dreisbach set up a clinic in the village with the permission of the captain at the time. She is still serving the Cottica villages with medical services.[2] [3] [4]

During the Suriname Guerrilla War, many people fled to either French Guiana or to Paramaribo.

Since 2011, there has been a road connecting Lantiwei to the East-West Link, via the laterite road that had already connected Wanhatti since 1972.[5]

Notes and References

  1. John Gabriel Stedman (1988). Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: Transcribed for the First Time from the Original 1790 Manuscript. Edited by Richard Price and Sally Price. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988
  2. Web site: . Suriname - Our Missionary - Anne Dreisbach . Brookside Baptist Church . 2014-09-01 . https://archive.today/20140901174201/http://www.brooksidebaptist.org/outreach_missions/Suriname_missionary_Dreisbach.html . 2014-09-01 . dead .
  3. News: Mulder . Nikki . 2013-02-16 . De moeder Teresa van de Cotticarivier . . Paramaribo . 2014-09-01 .
  4. News: Hoogendam . Jaap . 2011-03-31 . Aucaners langs de Cottica leven primitief . . Paramaribo . 2014-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040904/http://www.parbode.com/reportage/item/3001-aucaners-langs-de-cottica-leven-primitief . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  5. News: Mulder . Nikki . 2013-02-23 . Hoop voor vergeten dorpen aan de Cottica . . Paramaribo . 2014-09-01 .