LC control no. | n 88032391 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Brunswijk, Ronnie |
Associated country | Suriname |
Birth date | 1961 |
Place of birth | Suriname |
Affiliation | Surinamese Liberation Army (SLA) |
Profession or occupation | Revolutionaries Bodyguards |
Found in | Beek, F. van der. Ronnie Brunswijk, c1987. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Brunswijk, Ronnie; revolutionary, bodyguard; born 1961 in Suriname; a Ndjuka maroon ; former presidential bodyguard; created the Surinamese Liberation Army (SLA) in response to policies adopted by military ruler Desi Bouterse that threatened the autonomy of Bush Negro communities in Suriname (1986); SLA reached a truce with the government and signed a peace treaty (1992) following democratic elections in 1991) |