Jamaica Maroons
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2010
- A segment from our show "Island Stylee" takes a look at the Maroons of Jamaica. We hear from Colonel Wallace Sterling, leader of the Moretown Maroons at the celebrations honoring Nanny. A visit to the Maroons of Accompong also shows their celebrations of Cudjoe.
Maroon runs in my blood...fearlessly authentic!
come out and embrace who you are that's all I'm saying,read,feel comfortable with my/self.... I'm with illllllum and anishere her words brought tears to my eyes because I love how passionate she is, if you can hear your inner voice you can feel her tremble with emotion
the more she learns about her heritage the more she loves... her... her-it -age...peace and love sister
my entire family are maroons. I love them dearly
My people, I'm always so amazed by them and how they've preserved our culture ❤️❤️❤️❤️. Love and Light from your Ghanaian sister
africasfinest52 ,
Proud to be a Maroon!
Wah d difference from other ppl
The honesty and passion in her voice touched me so (video at 5:25)... all across the globe the black man and woman have been mistreated... We are all connected, IF I KNOW MY BROTHER THEN I KNOW MYSELF !
its all about the Ashantis of Ghana, same people, same culture, strong heritage. Its good the Maroons remember their roots and past and dont do away with it. They speak twi just like the Ashantis of Ghana, their people.
Nigerian also
NiJam
Recently I went on a trip to Jamaica with a friend who is of Nigerian heritage, I mentioned to him that my family comes from a place called Aboukir, he said that Aboukir sounded like and African name. So after some research it turns out that Aboukir is an African name of a port in Egypt near to Alexandrea.
What is also interesting is the Aboukir in Jamaica is also close to a place called Alexandrea which is within the parish of St Ann. Aboukir in Egypt is a port that has many artefacts sunken under the water including sixty ocean going ships. It was previously thought that Africans did not have ocean going ships at that time, there is also a temple dedicated Amen. This port existed before the creation of Alexandrea.
It Turns out that Aboukir is not the only place in Jamaica named After an African port. Next to the Parish of St Ann is the parish of Trelawny and a Village named Calabar. Calabar is a port in Nigeria that was used to ship the Africans into the caribbean and slavery. The slaves that ended up in the Trelawny hills over looking the port of Rio Bueno name it Calabar because it reminded them of the port in Nigeria. Calabar is also the name of a high school in Jamaica named after the village in Trelawny.
My friends Mother is from a city in Nigeria called Abeokuta which he thought sounded very similar to Aboukir. This prompted further research and it turns out that there is also a Abeokuta in Jamaica. Abeokuta in Jamaica is on the grounds of a former plantation, it got its name because the Africans noticed a similarity in a large rock that is located there and a historic rock that is in Abeokuta Nigeria. Abeokuta in Jamaica is now a nature park located in the parish of Westmoreland, while Abeokuta Nigeria is the largest city and state capital of Ogun State in southwest Nigeria.
While we always knew there was a link between Nigeria and Jamaica, these facts prove the link and show that the Africans were not prepared to give up there identity. There is also a place in Jamaica called runaway bay which is in the parish of St Ann and a you can draw your own conclusions on how it got that name. We should know these facts and know the the Maroons and rebellions made a massive impact on the abolition of slavery. It wasn’t just the slave masters suddenly getting a guilty conscience after singing amazing grace, but thats another story.
Amen!
The maroons aa mainly asantes
It's a mixture of African languages. I've had Hausa people say they hear many of their words in which they are in relations to Fulani/Fula people. Words like "Doti".
U know we as African people forced to create our own cultures whether Jamaican Puerto Rican Dominican Cuban Trinidadian virgian island mexico and Asian and middleast ern ext all around the world we come in huge amount quaniry and skin color hair textures and blue hazel green brown eyes..we are African....love tour culture love your ancestors love you....
Enigma even in sub Saharan there are many pure blacks in all shades. and we don't know what the first people on earth who were black looked like they could have been light brown. blacks have the most diverse dna so we can comes in the most shades and features.
Beautiful!!!
love it!
In reply to ForgottenFaces001. Yes the Jamaican Maroons are the "Unruly Ones", who would not bear to be slaves, derived from the spanish word "Cimarron".
Lidj Binyamin Tefari . The Maroons were left at the stop of coast in Jamaica when ships had to take on food. Usually, it was a sick , beaten, or jumper who made it off alive. they took refuge in the high grounds to avoid death. But, many were of EBO, IBO descent. When Moors, Native American, and Dutch came to trade goods on the island, It was the Maroons who would come down one side of the island and sabotage to free more slaves. Finally, the Dutch and Spanish conquistador who killed many and drove them up in the hills until the port stop wasn't needed as much as Cuban ports like San Luca, San Juan, and Dominica was used.
Yet they worked with British rule to keep other black people enslaved :(
Loving this one thanks for sharing very important information giving thanks blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work when I come back home must visit it's on my wishlist 🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💪💪💪
great video, thank you for making it
I'm a maroon and so is my entire family. .
MAROONS DON'T SPEAK PATWA
maroon.
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100% Ghanaians i know one comedian his name is Raymann from surinam and his mother grandmother is from Ghana wonderfull !!
great video!
I see some ignorant comments here. If you dont know or understand something, that usually a good time to not make a comment.
LOL You are so right.
the jamaican term maroon does derive from the term cimarones.
I can see our northern ghana tribal blood in them..
This is dope
Ashanti people forever!
Thats great..
what time of year is this celebration? I would love to go it seems so interesting. Being an american-jamaican i want to ensure that when i have kids they know and understand jamaican heritage and language.
Every October.
interesting information.
Holiness on to our Lord now
There is an interesting article online of the Maroons/Cimarrones of the Islands and the influence of Islam from West Africa like As salaam Alaikum as some Maroons say.
I found out I'm maroon. nice
@lucy the maroons inter breed with the tainoes who were living on the island at that time..tainoes are indians..
bahoruco mountains in DR is the hills that provided the elements for survival. Roots is the future
That's right
i know right? and they speak Twi as well but only with a jamaican accent wow
i am looking for Corry from maroon town....Corry had a friend called sharika...anyone know where i can find him?
yes Corry is in trevalee garden. Trenchtown area.
I am a maroon. My mothers people are from the maroon tribe.
Same here...Buju is maroon!
i am maroon!
in Dominican Republic we call the africans slaves who run away from plantation "cimarones", maybe from there come the term
Different names in different cultures, maroon comes from cimaroon, but in florida they are called seminoles, etc.
We must all look to the Lord Jesus to free us our sins now so let us look to the Jesus Christ
Ondre Vassell African people and other non-European people were conquered and enslaved in the name of Jesus. The first slave ship was named Jesus.
Acompong, Kojo , Kwesi? oh so That's why Jamaican women have those big behinds..majority of them are from Ghana
Atlas24gh I believe that all day what about Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Yeah Acheampong corrupted to Accompong, Kwao to Quao by the British and Duah and Nanny are Ghanaian names
Ala blakamang na Wan
check out the Maroon Spirit Collection frm a new premium t-shirt brand called Aero Club
Scott's hall maroon town, was the hospital and healing of all maroons ,healing of herbs,roots and bushes along with there spiritual dancing until now if u don't believed come and see for ure self come and enjoyed ure self on every 1 day of August every year my name is Adella pink from the Scott Hall maroon town St Mary Jamaica west indies ,yen Kim pong bless in a u ,
Dr. sebi told me he was maroon
If the term maroon means isolated, then the first maroons were the Taino, who escaped the Spanish encomienda, who must of been elders, women and children, the second wave, would of been the west Africans from the gold coast area who were Muslim converts, who went to seek refuge among them. which explains why the former British athlete Colin Jackson looks phenotypically different from the reggae artist Buju Banton. the maroons downfall was due to the British obtaining indigenous allies or scouts from North and mainland Central america, which in turn resulted in the treaty signing that lead to Paul Bogle's death, which by the way was praised by the likes of people such as Charles dickens and Charles Darwin's cousin, but in opposition it was frowned upon by the likes of Wilberforce who worked closely with Equiano. The success of the maroons was due to Jerk cooking, guerrilla warfare and having a good business arrangement with some sephardic Jews and pirates, who would offer ammunition. its important to note that Maroons were all over the Americas, in Florida they were called Black Seminoles, in mainland central america they were called the Garifuna and in North america they were labeled the "underground railroad" etc.. A good movie to watch is "Demolition man" lol, as it depicts a group of people who do not want to conform to society's forced ideals (Edgar Friendly & Crew). The Maroons legacy ranges from Rastafarianism to the Black Star Liner movement(Marcus Garvey),which had a profound effect on the Nation of Islam, as well as the Black Panther movement!
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Uhuru!
Please know Jamaican history before you talk about it. Slaves weren't brought from Africa to Jamaica! Jamaica was used as a booth camp for slaves taken from plantations all over
Boot camp!
Some came directly here.
Slaves WERE brought directly to Jamaica. Some ships made stops before, Barbados etc., but slaves were brought directly to Ja from Africa.
i,ll tell you something for nothing we fled israel in 66ad spent hundreds of years in west africa deutronemy 28 tells our story of disobidence and idolatary
Where did you get your facts from?......wait, nevermind!
genesis 49:27
1 Corinthians 11:14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, we must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ or Lord Jesus for the remission of sin
Ondre Vassell get out of here with that white man religion.
isnt it the same bible that says a man should grow his locks.. to each his own..
white religion has really screwed black ppl over
Matches srikafyah The Old Testament and the new testaments - two different things.
When will you give up the religion that was forced upon you by white oppressors?
Huh?????????🤔🤔
ONE LOVE jamaican hypocrisy
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Cosmos they do not tolerate gays
+MostEnigmatic Exactly. I believe it was called ' Buck Breaking'..
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but you all hate gay guys i wish i could fellowship there is not truth in your love its not love for all
You must realise that our roots don’t start in West Africa it goes all the way back into North Africa the same people who fled from the Romans We are the Hebrews that we’re scattered...... wake up my people and research
Yes and in Mexico too black people are Egyptian and Hebrew who built pyramids in Egypt and Mexico...
Jesus Christ is coming back repent