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Djuka: The Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana
Published by The Viking Press, 1931
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Tan cloth stamped in brown on spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Short closed tear to top edge of front free endpaper. Small number label on title page; minor soiling on one page, else interior clean and unmarked, pages crisp. 63 illustrations, including many photographs on plates. Dust jacket chipped; price clipped; spine abrasion; in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. xxiv, 233. A narrative of personal observation of the lives and customs of the Djuka (Ndyuka) people of Surinam, based on the expeditions of Dr. Morton Kahn, which he made iin 1927, 1928 and 1930. The Djuka, descendants of escaped West African slaves, had preserved preserved what was described as a replica of 18th century society in West Africa. Includes bibliography and index. The author, Morton Charles Kahn, Sr. (1895-1959), was an explorer, bacteriologist and public health specialist. He served on the faculty of the Cornell University Medical College between 1919 and 1955, followed by four years as the chief bacteriologist at St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City.
