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• Accompong — Infobox Settlement official name = Accompong other name = native name = nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank emblem size = mapsize = map caption =… …   Wikipedia

• accompong — Rasta Dictionary n name of Maroon warrior, Capt. Accompong, brother of Cudjo; also name of town. From the Twi name for the supreme deity …   English dialects glossary

• Nanny of the Maroons — Queen Nanny or Grandy Nanny (c. 1686 – 1733), Jamaican National Hero,[1] was a well known leader of the Jamaican Maroons in the eighteenth century. Historical documents refer to her as the rebels (sic) old obeah woman, and they legally grant… …   Wikipedia

• Jamaican Maroons — The Jamaican Maroons were runaway slaves who fought the British during the 18th century, and the term is now used for their descendants. Some of the Jamaican Maroons were taken to Nova Scotia and from there some were taken to Freetown, Sierra… …   Wikipedia

• Nanny Town — was a village in the Blue Mountains of Portland Parish, north eastern Jamaica, used as a stronghold for Maroons (escaped slaves) led by Granny Nanny; the town held out against repeated British attacks before being destroyed in 1734.[1] Granny… …   Wikipedia

• Katherine Dunham — Infobox actor name = Katherine Dunham imagesize = 250px caption = Katherine Dunham in 1956 birthname = Katherine Mary Dunham birthdate = birth date|1909|06|22|mf=y birthplace = Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States deathdate = death date and… …   Wikipedia

• Maroon (people) — Body of Ndyuka Maroon child brought before a shaman, Suriname 1955 Maroons (from the word marronage or American/Spanish cimarrón: fugitive, runaway , lit. living on mountaintops ; from Spanish cima: top, summit ) were runaway slaves in the West… …   Wikipedia

• Granny Nanny — (* 1700 im Aschantireich; † 1740 Jamaika) ist die einzige Frau auf der Liste der Nationalhelden von Jamaika und war eine Anführerin der Maroons Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts. Granny Nanny, auch Grandy Nanny oder Oma Nanny genannt gehörte zum Volk… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Katherine Dunham — en 1956. Katherine Dunham, née à Glen Ellyn, Illinois le 24 juin 1909 et morte à New York le 21 mai 2006, est une danseuse, chorégraphe, parolière et …   Wikipédia en Français

• Dunham, Katherine — born June 22, 1910, Joliet, Ill., U.S. U.S. dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist noted for her interpretation of tribal and ethnic dances. In 1931 she opened a dance school in her native Chicago. In 1940 she formed the U.S. s first all black …   Universalium

• Kingston, Jamaica — Kingston Downtown Kingston and the Port of Kingston Motto: A city which hath foundations[1] …   Wikipedia