One of the women featured in the series is legendary warrior Queen Nanny of the Maroons, who led Jamaica’s resistance against British colonial forces. Speaking on the series, Nova Reid ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Blackhawks forward Pat Maroon will retire after this ... His Hawks season will be a mere footnote in his biography; he has recorded 16 points (four goals ...

The Maroons and Rastafarians of Jamaica and Britain During 17th century Jamaica, the resistance of Nanny of the Maroons helped lead the Maroons out of slavery through resistance fighting. Nanny of the ...

Today’s Jamaica reveres its Maroon history. Among the seven figures designated as “National Heroes” by the government, the only woman is Nanny, who also appears on the country’s $500 banknote.

And guess what is the college’s official colour? You guessed it — maroon. So until one of them writes a biography, or gets drunk and inadvertently address this, we’ll have to go with the ...

And guess what is the college's official colour? You guessed it - maroon. So until one of them writes a biography, or gets drunk and inadvertently address this, we'll have to go with the 'academic ...

Queen of Ambundu/Kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba (Angola); Queen of Sheba (antiquity biblical); Aminatu Zaria (Nigeria); and Nanny of the Maroons, Jamaica (born to the Asante/present day Ghana).

A great maroon leader, said in oral history to be a son of an Ashanti traditional leader called Quateng (kwarteng) from Gold Coast (Ghana). Quateng was taken captive and sold to slavery and sent ...

and the Asante Queen Nanny of the Maroons, who led the fight against British colonial tyranny in the early 18th century (being a mythically invincible figure, an inspiration who also features in other ...

Images courtesy of the artists and Niru Ratnam, London, Hollybush Gardens, London, Gagosian, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Casey Kaplan, New York, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, and Hauser & Wirth ...

And now she is here, a silent retreat, seeking spiritual guidance from her brother Mooji, Nanny of the Maroons, and a moment of transcendence. Powered by high-octane musical numbers, virtuoso ...

Copycat classicism is here. Literary re-enactments by the photographer Stan Douglas — and a wave of other remixers — are creating new types of art around Black history. By Walker Mimms Which ...