Bushinengue
In French Guiana and Suriname, Businenge are the descendants of enslaved Africans taken to Suriname to work in plantations. Some slaves escaped and established independent communities in the forest. They eventually won the right to govern themselves autonomously. In Suriname, they are usually called Marrons.Demographics
There are six major groups of Bushinengue:
The languages of the Bushinengues are all English-based creoles, reflecting a development period when this area was a major trading area for English colonists. The creole languages absorbed a variety of African languages as they developed.
