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JAMAICA | Maroon Leaders Challenge Historical Misconceptions at Landmark Symposium

Kingston, Jamaica – February 14, 2025 – The Maroon Chiefs of Accompong, Moore Town, and Scotts Hall have pushed back against long-standing misconceptions about their history, asserting their role as fierce resistance fighters rather than passive recipients of freedom. Speaking at the symposium The Maroons of Jamaica: “Our Legacies, Telling Our Own […]

“The Maroons: True founders of Modern-Day Jamaica” – Professor Sir Hilary Beckles at Historic Unity Meeting.

January 21, 2024

In a momentous, historic gathering at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus recently, leaders from the maroon communities of Jamaica discussed and took steps towards reconciling differences at a meeting hosted by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor of The UWI – enstooled Papa Osikol II. This reconciliation

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