At home with a prospector in French Guiana: a sketch

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.