Sranang — ons vaderland. Suriname, zooals de Hollanders het noemen.
“Sranang — our fatherland. Suriname, as the Dutch call it.”
The opening line of "Wij slaven van Suriname," reclaiming Suriname's own name for itself before naming it by the colonizer's term.
— Anton de Kom, Suriname
Source: Anton de Kom, Wij slaven van Suriname, opening lines (1934)
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