This Traveltalk entry visits a Djuka tribal village in Dutch Guiana, which would later be called Suriname. The Djuka are descendants of west Africans who escaped from ships that were taking them to slave markets in America in the 16th century.
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Is this worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a weird itch for vintage travel documentaries or enjoy seeing how people in the 1940s viewed places they labeled as 'exotic.' If you want something modern or culturally nuanced, skip it. If you like grainy footage of rivers and canoes, you'll be fine. Watching Dutch ...
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"Is this worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a weird itch for vintage travel documentaries or enjoy seeing how people in the 1940s viewed places they labeled as 'exotic.' If you want something modern or culturally nuanced, skip it. If you like grainy footage of rivers and canoes, you'll be fine. Watching Dutch Guiana: 'Land of the Djuka' feels like flipping through a dusty scrapbook at your grandparents' house. It’s got that booming, overly-confident voiceover that tells you exactly how ..."
