Nason, Suriname

Nason (also: Amekan kondre[2]) is a village of Paramacca Maroons in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname.

[2] The Redemptorists, Catholic missionaries, were active in the Paramaccan territory during the 19th and 20th centuries.

[2] Because there were small isolated villages in the territory, the school offered boarding facilities.

[6] Before the Surinamese Interior War (1986-1992), Nason was one of the largest settlements of the tribe,[2] During the war, the Paramaccans sided with the Jungle Commando,[7] which resulted in a large-scale migration to French Guiana, and the destruction of the boarding school and clinic.

[2] The economy of the village is mainly based on subsistence farming, and gold mining.