Photograph of the town of Accompong in the parish of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, in the early 20th century. Unknown author, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.jpg). The relationship between Jamaica’s Maroon communities and both colonial and post-Independence governments, remains complex. Now, a turn of events in the first week of January suggests that the Maroons may be adopting a new and more assertive stance; that many Jamaicans — with their incomplete knowledge of the key historical role Maroons have played — are ambivalent over their current status, and that there is considerable disquiet on…

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