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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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