Spotlight on a historic figure - Nanny of the Maroons

[Ackee]

Re: Spotlight on a historic figure - Nanny of the Maroons

DWl [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Your bullet catching accouting is amusing Lyntt. Well either bullets in those times travelled at a slower speed than present day's or there's some "majic" associated there.

"gesture of contempt with Nanny's backside" could this be anything like when women "flung up dem skirt"..you know that quick shake off/ flash of the buttocks gesture when they're tracing?

[grasshopper]

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Evenin Churcy, Bandi an all varandites [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] mi late tideh but nice fi si seh tings a gwan dung yah as usual.

This is really good! Great suggestion Ackee!

Yeh man unu keep it up. Having features like these is a good idea, it's informative and it's good to be reminded of our wonderful heros. Some tings mi affi admit mi neva know [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] but evriday dem seh yu learn sinting new so tank all a unu.

Unu walk good an have a nice weeken [img]/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[churchgirl]

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Originally posted by Ackee:
[qb]I stronlgy believe many people actually read but don't post, so keep it up.
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Hey Ackee. Mi tink yuh nay did a guh show up afta mi deh yah a show-off pan yuh suh. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I will definitely keep the above statement in mind. I must admit that I do alot of reading myself but no posting.

Lynntt I'm so glad your reading of that book came in so handy.

(((Hoppis))) Glad fi si yuh dear. Mi definitely a learn some tings tuh.

[afer]

Re: Spotlight on a historic figure - Nanny of the Maroons

Nanny Town was a land grant of five hundred acres deeded to her by the King of England. A copy of the deed, signed by the king is in the Institute of Jamaica.

[barosa]

Re: Spotlight on a historic figure - Nanny of the Maroons

Originally by Lynntt:
Some African women exhibit a gesture of contempt that involves a motion with the buttocks;

I am just as intrigued by this bit as Ackee is. In the Jamaican context there is definitely something to this behaviour. ...This explain why we would occasionally see some women who would lift their skirts to bare their behinds at whomever was the target during a tracing. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] It came from the fatherland.

I dare say as a young boy witnessing it for the first time, I was not only shocked but beffuddled and confused. I later learnt to accept the fact that there were women who did strange things. These sightings were never revealed to my parents.
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[Queen]

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Thanks for this report Churchie, I use to do a lot of reading on Nanny when I was much younger and the fact that I have maroones in my lineage was even more intriguing for me to do research.
Those maroons were indeed fighters and I've heard enough stories about my great-grandmother, a maroon, that would make you go

I would like to visit NannyTown but the climb or route to get there sounds like a lot of work [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Mek mi goh start run up hill from now yaah.

Thanks again Churchie [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Suesumba]

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This is wonderful. It's stuff like that that makes this website so refreshing. Thanks.

[churchgirl]

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You're welcome Queen and SueS. Bandi and I are just doing our part in this here little community.

BOAL @ Queen. Mek sure yuh have a good pair a walkin shoes an wan stick fi help yuh up di hill.