Cudjoe Day Homage to the Hero January 6, 2017, marks the 279th anniversary celebration of the birth of the Jamaican Maroon leader, Captain Cudjoe (Kojo)’s and his victory over the British, led by Colonel John Guthrie. The Maroon victory resulted in the signing of the peace treaty of 1739 that granted the Maroons freedom and […]
Jamaican Maroons Freedom & Autonomy free·dom – the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint; the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved. For over eighty years, the Jamaican Maroons clashed with the British, refusing to be enslaved. Fleeing into the hills of the Cockpit Country, they […]
Drew McIntosh Dread & Alive “I am the conquering lion, protector of the animal world to which all humans belong.” Meet Drew McIntosh. Like his father, he is an Anthropologist, an Adventurer, an Activist and a Duppy Conqueror. Born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in the mountain village of Accompong in the Cockpit Country, he […]