Bono Velanti (3 August 1945) is the current
Gaanman
Granman (Ndyuka language: ''gaanman'') is the title of the paramount chief of a Maroon nation in Suriname and French Guiana. The Ndyuka, Saramaka, Matawai, Aluku, Paramaka and Kwinti nations all have a granman. The paramount chiefs of Amerindian ...
of the
Ndyuka nation of
Suriname. Bono Velanti was elected to succeed the late
as Gaanman in 2015 and was subsequently sworn in by President
Desi Bouterse of
Suriname on 3 February 2016.
References
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1945 births
Ndyuka people
Surinamese Maroons
Granman
People from Sipaliwini District
Living people