Queen Nanny is said to have been a leader of the Maroons, a community which had escaped slavery in Jamaica in the 18th Century. Little about her life is historically confirmed, but she is thought ...

They resisted the European colonial system in this isolated region by establishing a network of trails, hiding places and settlements, which form the Nanny Town Heritage Route. The forests offered the ...

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 ...

Queen Nanny is said to have been a leader of the Maroons, a community which had escaped slavery in Jamaica in the 18th Century. Little about her life is historically confirmed, but she is thought ...