Here is what to expect when visiting the hometown of Jamaican heroine Nanny of the Maroons in the hills of Jamaica. It is a journey to learn about how our Maroon ancestors were victorious in battle.

who was to become known as “Nanny of the Maroons,” and her brothers, survived the ordeal and arrived in Jamaica. They later escaped from the slave plantations and fled into the mountains and ...

In the pantheon of Jamaica’s seven National Heroes, Nanny of the Maroons is the only woman. “Grandie Nanny,” as she is called, a middle-aged, unsmiling woman with cutlass in hand, is commonly ...

Here she speaks to the BBC News website about why the Maroons, and especially their revered woman leader Nanny, matter today. That they could stand up and face death rather than be oppressed is a ...