Official Name: | Manlobi |
Other Name: | Malobi |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Suriname |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Suriname |
Subdivision Name1: | Sipaliwini District |
Subdivision Type2: | Resort |
Subdivision Name2: | Tapanahony |
Leader Title: | Captain |
Leader Name: | Alikani Godo |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 4.2681°N -54.4989°W |
Manlobi (also: Malobi[1]) is a village of Ndyuka Maroons in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is located on an island in the Tapanahony River.[2]
Manlobi was built by runaway slaves from the plantations.[3] In 1797, it was reported that there was a village on this location.[4]
Manlobi has a school, and a Methodist church.[1] In 2010, a communication mast was placed on the mountain near the village, providing the village with mobile phone access.[5]
In 2007, Freedom Resources, a gold mining company, procured a large concession on the left shore of the river and built a settlement near the landing ground with a supermarket.[6] The mining activities have attracted skalians, illegal gold dredges, who pollute the river with mercury.[2]
In 2009, the short documentary Trypps #6 by Ben Russell was shot in Manlobi.[7]