United in Resistance: How Jamaica’s Maroon Communities Are Defending Their Heritage and Homeland
In the lush, mountainous interior of Jamaica lies a powerful story of survival, sovereignty, and defiance. Maroon communities, descendants of formerly enslaved Africans who escaped colonial bondage, have stood their ground for over 300 years. Today, they are once again defending themselves—this time not against British colonizers, but against foreign mining interests, environmental threats, and state encroachment. Across the island, from Accompong in the west to Moore Town, Charles Town, and Scotts Hall in the east, each Maroon community is using unique strategies to protect its land, culture, and people. Accompong Maroons (St. Elizabeth/Cockpit Country) Capital of Sovereign Resistance Led by…