Ep. 25: The History of Jamaica's Maroons

Maroon populations across Latin America and the Caribbean have a unique history of self-emancipation and, for some, sovereignty. In this episode, His Excellency, Chief Richard Currie, Head of State of Cockpit Country, one of Jamaica's maroon communities, joins us for a necessary discussion on the maroons' origins and their significance in Jamaican history. Follow Chief Currie on Instagram and Twitter and support Cockpit Country's fundraiser.

Strictly Facts Reads:

• “The Rebel Woman in the British West Indies During Slavery” by Lucille Mathurin Mair

• Who Was Dutty Boukman? - Boukman Academy

• “The Mother of Us All: A History of Queen Nanny, Leader of the Windward Jamaican Maroons” by Karla Gottlieb

• “Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas” by Richard Price

• “The Maroons of Jamaica 1655-1796: A History of Resistance, Collaboration and Betrayal” by Mavis C. Campbell

• “Flight to Freedom: African Runaways and Maroons in the Americas” by Alvin O. Thompson

Strictly Facts Sounds: 

• Drums of Defiance: Maroon Music From the Earliest Free Black Communities of Jamaica (1992)

• Mutabaruka- Great Queens of Africa

·       Michael Rose- Dreadlocks Coming for Dinner (1976)

View the Strictly Facts Syllabus for more resources on this episode.