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"ref": "2021 March 24, “Dorpen blijven in het donker door defecte generators [Villages remain in the dark due to faulty generators]”, in GFC Nieuws, retrieved 15 Jun 2021:",
"text": "“We kunnen onze mobiele telefoons niet thuis chargen en [dus] moeten we dat doen bij de polikliniek van het Mungra Medisch Centrum dat zonnepanelen heeft. Want telecommunicatie is niet meer weg te denken”, zegt Oda Banda, basya van Corneliskondre.",
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"ref": "2021 June 12, Samuel Wens, “Wie van de drie is granman? [Which one of the three is paramount chief?]”, in De Ware Tijd, retrieved 17 Jun 2021:",
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"ref": "1987, Cynthia McLeod, Hoe duur was de suiker? [The Cost of Sugar], Paramaribo: Vaco N.V. Uitgeversmaatschappij, →ISBN, page 73:",
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"text": "\"Er is nog altijd verdeeldheid\", bevestigt districtscommissaris Frits Dinge van bestuursressort Boven-Suriname. \"De kapiteins en basya's ondersteunen granman Aboikoni niet.\"",
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