Mama Sranan

Sranan Tongo Etymology Mother Suriname. Pronunciation Proper noun srn proper noun A national personification of Suriname as a woman or a mother goddess srn w:Albert Helman c. 1950 1994 Kot'singi Tale-interrupting song Adyosi / Afscheid Stichting nl Instituut ter Bevordering van de Surinamistiek 62 https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/helm003adyo01_01/helm003adyo01_01_0021.php Na disi wawan de un trutru Manspasi: / firgit' fosten kodya, bigin opo pasi / fu meki mama Sranan waka go doro / pe toekomst de wakt' un, son opo na syoro, / wan dei di Sranan sa kon breiti, kon krin, / te nowan sa prefuru fu kosi un skin. This alone is our true Emancipation: / forget the cudgels of old, begin to open up roads / to allow Mother Suriname to march forward / to where the future awaits us, the sun rises at the shore, / a day that Suriname will rejoice, will be purified / when no one will dare to curse our skin colour. https://web.archive.org/web/20260914153436/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/helm003adyo01_01/helm003adyo01_01_0021.php 14 September 2026 srn w:Thea Doelwijt 1981 Prisiri stari. De pretster. Wan komedi-pré gi pikin. Een theaterspel voor kinderen The star of joy. A theatre play for children Paramaribo Eldoradoboek 114 9991451013 Ini 1974 te kon miti a srefidensi foe Sranan (1975), a Doe-Theater pré: Libi Span ini na ati joefoe Sranan - wan totaal-theater-pré, pe singi, pokoe, dansi nanga pré moksi kon na wan, èn pe den someni koeltoeroe foe Sranan ben e begi foe a krakti foe Mama Sranan. Ini 1974 te kon miti a srefidensi fu Sranan (1975), a Doe-Theater prei: Libi Span ini na ati fu Sranan - wan totaal-theater-prei, pe singi, poku, dansi nanga prei moksi kon na wan, èn pe den someni kulturu fu Sranan ben e begi fu a krakti fu Mama Sranan. In 1974 until the independence of Suriname (1975), the Doe-Theater performed: Life's Exciting in the Heart of Suriname - a total-theatre play where song, music, dance and theatre mixed together, and where Suriname's many cultures invoked the strength of Mother Suriname. https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/doel004pris01_01/doel004pris01_01_0007.php https://web.archive.org/web/20260302170817/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/doel004pris01_01/doel004pris01_01_0007.php 2 March 2026