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Cynthia Henri McLeod (née Ferrier; born 4 October 1936) is a Surinamese novelist known for her historic novels and whose debut novel instantly made her one of the most prominent authors of Suriname.
Cynthia Henri McLeod ( Paramaribo, 4 oktober 1936) is een Surinaamse schrijfster gespecialiseerd in oral history en het slavernijverleden in Suriname. Levensloop. McLeod werd geboren als Cynthia Ferrier; zij is een dochter van Eugenie Lionarons en Johan Ferrier, de eerste president van Suriname.
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Jan 1, 2000 · Elisabeth Samson, a free black Surinamese woman who lived in 18th-century Dutch Guyana, is the central character in this compelling novel. Challenging the prevailing racial stereotypes by demonstrating her intelligence and business acumen, she is determined to marry a white man in defiance of all established norms and conventions.
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Writer Cynthia McLeod takes our on a journey through the history is Suriname. A former dutch colony in the north of South-America. This ...
Jan 1, 2013 · Cynthia McLeod, Gerald R. Mettam (Translator) 3.32. 78 ratings6 reviews. On 19 November 1737 the slave-ship "Leusden" left Elmina (Ghana)with a 'cargo' of 700 abducted and imprisoned Africans who would be sold as slaves in Suriname. One of them was the fifteen-year-old girl Tutuba.
CYNTHIA McLEOD was decorated Dame in the Honorary Order of the Golden Palm in 1988 by the president of Surinam. She is the widow of the late Ambassador Donald McLeod, and daughter of Dr. Johan Ferrier, the last governor and first president of Surinam. Watch The Cost of Sugar official trailer.
