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The circle in African and African American religion and culture represents unity and the natural and spiritual movement of life. As the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the African worldview countenances a counterclockwise movement. The ring shout moves in that same direction. The ring was generally formed in worship as the sermon…
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All Maroon communities were in a constant state of warfare. Members continued to use guerrilla tactics that included traditional leafy-vine camouflage used by their ancestors. Their ambush maneuvers completely bewildered their European attackers, and often rendered them and their superior firepower ineffective. Price described Maroon warriors…
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During the 18th century, Anglos and paid Indians attempted to suppress the communities in Jamaica and their leaders General Cudjoe and Granny Nanny (Nanny has been compared to Nzinga, the Angolan female warrior who resisted Portuguese rule). For 40 years the British colonists and the Jamaican Maroons battled, and when both sides grew weary…
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The most notable Maroon societies were the Negro Fort and Fort Mose in the Florida Leeward and Windward communities in Jamaica, Le Maniel in Haiti, and Veracruz in Mexico. Smaller outlier communities—also called Maroon bands, consisting of 15–20 fugitives—existed in St. Croix in the Danish West Indies and in Jamaica. They were Marronberg, or…
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hmm, interesting he didnt mention qilombo
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Tomorrow’s conference promises to be enlightening and inspiring. For those that are interested, I will be discussing African-Diasporan Combat Traditions as rituals of resistance and vehicles of historical memory.
Visit https://ki-chicago.org/ to access the schedule for tomorrow’s conference. Also visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/824805674977 to register.
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