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Roots, 2017, January 2017

Roots | Cudjoe Day – Homage to the Hero

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Irie™ Magazine | Roots - Cudjoe Day
28
Jan

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 […]

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2017, January 2017, Rock

Rock | Jamaican Maroons – Freedom & Autonomy

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Irie™ Magazine | Rock - Jamaican Maroons
28
Jan

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 […]

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