Ma Rochelle Passee, Welkom El Dorado, Cynthia McLeod, Uitgeverij Conserve, 1996. Cynthia McLeod is one of my favourite writers of Surinamese literature. She takes the reader back into history and one has the impression to live in Suriname of that period of time. In Welkom El Dorado we read about the lives of huguenot families such as the Couderc or Labadie etc. Children are born, grow up and die as adults.
Generations come and go.
Ma Rochelle is the name of the plantation of the Couderc family. Slavery is abolished and it means the end of many plantations such as Ma Rochelle. The book is about the good times and the bad times of the Couderc family in 19th century Suriname. It is a story about skin color. The Huguenots were whites but after a generation they are of mixed blood.