Cudjoe Day is celebrated in Jamaica on the first Monday in January. The two main maroon groups at that period were Leeward maroons led by Captain Cudjoe and Windward Maroons led Queen Nanny.

Woodson, Carter G., 1924. Free Negro Owners of Slaves in the United States in 1830.Journal of Negro History 9(1):41–85. Zips, Werner, 2011. Nanny’s Asafo Warriors: The Jamaican Maroons’ African ...

A retelling of the story of Queen Nanny, national heroine of Jamaica, in keeping with her broader significant real and symbolic roles as a shaman of the forests, healer, priestess and protector of ...