Maroon Connection
The mission of the Trans-Atlantic Maroon Connection Project is to promote face-to-face cultural exchange between the descendants of the original Trelawny Town Maroons, including oral histories, music, and herbal medicine. This blog chronicles the journey of two Maroons from Flagstaff, Jamaica on their quest to document the history of the descendants of the Trelawny Town Maroons in Jamaica and Sierra Leone.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Photo Journal
Nicole with Maroon Church Deputy Senior Society Steward |
Meeting the Mayor of Freetown |
Kenute and Nicole with the Mayor of Freetown, Honorable Herbert A. George-Williams |
In the Mayors Office. |
Nicole with the Deputy Senior Society Steward |
Freetown |
British Council Landrover |
Ascension Town Cemetery |
Freetong Players International |
At the Maroon Church |
Maroon Church Flag |
Bell at the Maroon Church from the ship that brought the Maroons to Sierra Leone. |
Inside the Maroon Church |
Rafters in the Maroon Church salvaged from the ship that brought the Maroons to Sierra Leone. |
Freetown street sceen |
Twelve Tribes of Israel Rastafarian Temple at Kuntoloh worship on Raster Day |
Levi Priest at Kuntoloh |
Worship at the Maroon Church |
Kenute's testimony at Maroon Church being interpreted by the Senior Society Steward. |
Elder at Maroon Church |
Ophelia John, elder at Maroon Church sharing her knowledge of the early Maroon history of Freetown. |
Minister at the Maroon Church |
Kenute and Nicole with Maroon Church elders |
Maroon descendants look alike |
Nicole taking time out for a radio interview |
From one Maroon generation to another |
Nat-Stanley Family |
Krio artifact |
From inside a Krio board house |
Inside the Nat-Stanley home |
Kenute with the pikin dem |
Kenute with new friends |
Kenute and Nicole with the Nat-Stanley family |
Trelawney Street, Morray Town, Freetown |
Outside SLBC |
Street performance with gumbay drum |
At the Big Market |
Nicole by the Cotton Tree |
19th c. sketch of the Maroon Church |
Kenute's baptism at the Maroon Church |
Honorary Maroon Church Choir Members |
The Maroon Church |
Interviewing the Curator of the National Museum |
Typical Freetown traffic |
Charcoal vendor |
Cotton Tree |
Under the Cotton Tree |
Preparing for the awujoh at the Maroon Church |
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Nyole ritual at the Maroon Church awujo. |
Nyole ritual at the Maroon Church awujo. |
Nyole ritual at the Maroon Church awujo. |
Nyole ritual at the Maroon Church awujo. |
Nyole ritual at the Maroon Church awujo. |
Tour of Bathurst Village |
Nicole in front of Krio board house in Bathurst village |
Gumbay band performance |
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Local boat |
Bunce Island tour |
Kenute at Bunce Island |
African tomb at Bunce Island |
Bunce Island from the water |
Ferry at Government Warf |
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