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2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the revolution in Haiti. We examine how Muslims were involved, and how Islam may have influenced Haitian cultures.

The appellation of "Maroon" was not self-chosen but was rather a derivation of the Spanish word "cimarron" meaning "wild", which was first applied in the Spanish colonies to runaway indigenous peo...

The Jamaican government will recognize over 120 individuals at the 2023 National Honors and Awards Ceremony on October 16, 2023, which has been designated National Heroes Day. 

NOT MUCH is known about Nanny of the Maroon’s early years on Earth. But the story is that she was from West Africa, from where many people were taken to the West Indies to work on various plantations under subhuman conditions. But there are also...

A new book argues that many seemingly isolated rebellions are better understood as a single protracted struggle.

In many Caribbean countries, homosexuality is punishable and queer people face discrimination. Jamaican artist Simone Harris fights for equality and visibility.

I t took almost three centuries, but on Good Friday 2022 the Maroons of Jamaica apologised for their sordid role in crushing popular anti-slavery uprisings and forcibly returning runaway sl...

Exactly 262 years ago today, Chief Takyi began his short-lived rebellio...

The UK formerly abolished slavery in 1834, after which former slave owners were paid 20 million pounds - a large sum at the time. Jamaicas petition is based on a private motion from Jamaican lawmaker Mike Henry, who says the country is owed some 7.6 billion pounds (US$10.5 billion), which he calculated to be roughly equivalent to the payout UK slave owners received nearly 200 years ago. " We are hoping for reparatory justice in all forms that one would expect if they are to really ensure that w...

This month in Kickass Women in History we salute Queen Nanny (also known as Granny or Grandy Nanny and Nanny of the Maroons) a hero of Jamaican history. Jamaica’s original inhabitants were the Arawak and Taino people. Upon Columbus’ landing in 1494, the island became the property of Spain and most of the Arawaks and Tainos were murdered or killed by disease. Spain “imported” African slaves, many of whom escaped during the violent transition from Spanish to British rule. These and other ...