Eva Essed-Fruin
is a linguist. She was manager of the institute for education of teachers (IOL) in Surinam until 1987, and teacher Dutch in this institute until 1994. Since 2005 she is part of the central board of editors for the Journal for Surinamese Affairs, a thorough magazine, very much accesible for the general audience, with space for articles, reviews, debate and comment.
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Dictation Sranantongo
Something new for the Netherlands! A public dictation for all those who speak Sranantongo. The lingua franca of Surinam has had an official spelling since the 1980s. But who masters it? We monitored the state of affairs: speakers of Sranantongo tested their knowledge. The best speller was singer Denise Jannah. She won the translation dictionary Sranan-Dutch/Dutch-Sranan. The dictation was compiled by Cynthia McLeod. She and Rabin Baldewsingh, alderman in The Hague, dictated the text. Writer Clark Accord, musician Ronald Snijders, singer and actor Juan Wells and actress Gerda Havertong were among the Surinamese/Dutch participants. Dutch/Sranantongo spoken.
