Meaning of Nanny of the Maroons | Babel Free

Definitions

A Jamaican heroine, 18th-century leader of a community of formerly enslaved Africans in a guerrilla war against the British.

historical

Examples

“Jamaicans view Nanny of the Maroons as a mother of the nation.”

““An Akan ethnic, Nanny's name derived from "nana," a title of respect given to chiefs, spiritual leaders, and elderly women ("ni" meaning first mother). […]””

““The history of Jamaican national hero Nanny of the Maroons is also a narrative about the renegotiation of space — literal and figurative space. […]””

““For the Jamaican historical figure of Nanny of the Maroons, it is precisely her hypersexualized yet impenetrable body that centers her "masculine power" as aimed and dutiful-directed toward slave subjectivity. […]””

CEFR level