QUEEN NANNY OF THE MAROONS - NATIONAL HERO OF JAMAICA

Описание: It is "Not A Coincidence" that most if not all African Americans has or have a grandmother that they have called a Nana. Amongst the Akan clans of Ghana, the word Nana generally denotes social eminence derived from either nobility or advanced age." Nana is also used as the title of a monarch to signify their status. One of the most famous nana was Nanny of the Maroons, who is a National Hero of Jamaica.

As a child, Nanny was influenced by other slave leaders and maroons. Maroons were slaves in the Americas who escaped and formed independent settlements. Nanny and her four brothers (all of whom became Maroon leaders) were sold into slavery and later escaped from their plantations into the mountains and jungles that still make up a large proportion of Jamaica. Nanny and one brother, Quao, founded a village in the Blue Mountains, on the Eastern (or Windward) side of Jamaica, which became known as Nanny Town. While in hiding, they split up to organize more Maroon communities across Jamaica. Nanny and her brothers became folk heroes. Her most famous brother, Cudjoe, went on to lead several slave rebellions in Jamaica with the aid of her other brothers.

Her cleverness in planning guerilla warfare confused the British and their accounts of the fights reflect the surprise and fear which the Maroon traps caused among them. Besides inspiring her people to ward off the troops, Nanny was also a type of chieftainess or wise woman of the village, who passed down legends and encouraged the continuation of customs, music and songs that had come with the people from Africa, and which instilled in them confidence and pride.
Queen Nanny was known by both the Maroons and the British settlers as an outstanding military leader who became, in her lifetime and after, a symbol of unity and strength for her people during times of crisis.
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