After being forced to stage a scaled down event in 2022, the Accompong Maroons put on a far ... Traditionally I always come to Maroon Town on January 6, the day after my birthday.

embattled Accompong Maroon Chief Richard Currie doubled down on his claim that his people own the land in the protected area. The curfew, which was imposed on Monday, follows a stand-off between ...

Some fear the dwindling Maroon population is too weak and scattered to fend off intruders. About 800 Maroons live in simple wood-and-cinderblock houses dotting the Accompong Town hillsides ...

The Maroon nation of Accompong in the mountains of Cockpit country in St. Elizabeth Jamaica is an agriculturally based state with a population of approximately 1000 residents, some 600 of whom are ...

The annual event, held on January 6th by the Accompong Maroons—the descendants of enslaved Africans who escaped the plantations and settled in Jamaica’s mountains—celebrates the Maroon heritage by ...

Today, five recognized Maroon communities persist: Accompong Town, Moore Town, Charles Town, Scott's Hall and Flagstaff. These communities maintain their rich traditions, rooted in West African ...