Woman of the Day Nanny of the Maroons (c.1686-c.1760) who led the resistance of the Windward Maroons, formerly enslaved Africans, in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains in the early 18th century against British rule.
Her real name was Nanani, derived from the Akan (Ghanaian) word meaning… pic.twitter.com/eZl2v05Qk8
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05/07/2024
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