Accompong Maroon colonel Richard Currie or the girls' dem sugar?
Accompong Maroon colonel Richard Currie. (Photo: Jamaicans.com) Once news broke that the new colonel of the Accompong Maroons was elected in St Elizabeth on Thursday, the interwebs spiralled into a furore. This was particularly so for Jamaican women, who couldn’t believe their eyes, or rather, feigned indifference to the ‘strong, sturdy Maroon man’ who's the leader of the Accompong Maroons. Many are accustomed to the over-60 figurehead – the stereotype of Jamaican politicians. The photo that started it all, a portrait of Accompong Maroon colonel Richard Currie. On the contrary, the 43...
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