%0 Journal Article %T At home with a prospector in French Guiana: a sketch %A Michele Baj Strobel %J Nieuwe West-Indische Gids %D 1989 %I %X Author describes the life of Derik Pinel, a St Lucian Creole who lives in French Guiana. Pinel is one of Guiana's last gold propectors at the Maroni River basin. This river is inhabited by three populations -Creoles, Maroons, and Amerindians- who share the same natural environment but each one's way of life is distinctive. %K French Guiana %K Maroons %K Amerindians %K Creoles %K social conditions %U http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3353