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 ...

ACCOMPONG, St Elizabeth — Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna has committed to the “reconfiguration and revitalisation” of the museum in this Maroon community by 2015. She said that her ...

A tripartite agreement was signed on Monday to implement a cannabis pilot programme in Accompong, St Elizabeth, under the Cannabis Licensing Authority’s (CLA) Alternative Development Programme.

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 ...