Pakosie (born 25 May 1955) is a Surinamese historian, poet, Ndyuka activist and Edebukuman (head of experts) of the Afaka script.

Pakosie comes from a family of herbal doctors and is himself a phytotherapist in the Surinamese Maroon tradition.

In his teens he rejected Christianity as he felt it hostile to pre-Christian traditions.

[4] The Ndyuka mainly have an oral tradition, and to encourage the development of writing, Pakosie had founded in 1974 the National Institute to Combat Illiteracy in Suriname,[5] of which he had been the director.

He has also published among others in the Weekkrant Suriname, Trouw.,[4] Volksnieuws, De Gids, Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law (University of Birmingham, England) and New West Indian Guide/Nieuwe West-Indische Gids.