{"id":2098,"date":"2015-10-29T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T10:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2015-11-05T20:25:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T20:25:45","slug":"jamaicas-leader-of-the-maroon-granny-nanny-aka-queen-nanny-found-her-place-at-the-heroes-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/?p=2098","title":{"rendered":"JAMAICA’S LEADER OF THE MAROON GRANNY NANNY AKA QUEEN NANNY FOUND HER PLACE AT THE HEROES TABLE"},"content":{"rendered":"

A JAMAICAN WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

History should have found her a long time ago but too many times women of great nobility are lost on the path ways\u00a0of life when historians\u00a0don’t knock.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"1445576401232\"<\/a><\/p>\n

photo credit: C. Harrison<\/p>\n

By: C. Harrison\/October 23, 2015\/3:43AM<\/p>\n

Stories have been told about her over the years; school children have heard & read stories about her and Jamaican Politicians talked of her each year when hero’s day comes around, even here in the States, our\u00a0parents tell us about her. So why did it take so long for someone to recognize the gift that this Pioneer\u00a0gave us is the question.<\/p>\n

We were told at the United Nations where we saw a World Premiere Screening\u00a0on Queen Nanny, Legendary Maroon Chieftainess, recently, which coincided\u00a0with a decree from the Jamaican Government stating that This Maroon hero<\/strong>, is now a Jamaican National Hero<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Premiere was launched in partnership with the United Nations Remember Slavery Programme<\/em> <\/strong>and Action4Reel. It was co-sponsored by the Permanent\u00a0 Mission of Jamaica and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations. The Producer of the film is Roy T. Anderson, a Writer, Producer and Director. The<\/em> theme for 2015 was Women and Slavery<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 We say its about time.<\/p>\n

The program ran for 1 hour and we saw Gloria Simms, a Caribbean actress who bought Queen Nanny to life, in telling her story. The story gave us an about face history lesson on the legend of who Queen Nanny was, what she stood for and how she, leader of the Maroon, lead her people to victory in not only winning a war but drove back the Spaniards from taking over her Maroon township. Nanny,\u00a0was depicted as a trailblazer\u00a0who\u00a0quite possibly is the first woman to ever fought a guerrilla-war-fear in spite of what’s written down in documented history.<\/p>\n

The film led us on a journey with actors\u00a0 who set out on a journey following the path of the Spaniards who showed up on the shores of\u00a0 Jamaica,\u00a0\u00a0to show us how ill conceivable it was for those Spaniards to win the war for Maroon Town. The factor of why it took so long for the Great Worrier Queen Nanny, to have a place at hero’s\u00a0circle according to\u00a0 Producer Anderson, was because what we know was only hand to mouth or to God’s ear information and the fact that nothing was written down in stone.\u00a0 All we had was legendary tales and no one was sure if these tales were truth. So it took some doing.<\/p>\n

What this Producer did differently and because he himself is a Maroon, he went into Maroon Town and talk to the people, a People who tend to be closed mouth around strangers who may have come calling for information.\u00a0 Very interesting depiction, some in the crowd said that Nanny should’ve had a voice but, other believe that not having a voice Nanny keeps her legend intact.\u00a0 The film will become a film tour with stops in Florida, Texas and other places around the United States and eventually worldwide.<\/p>\n

\"1445575970308\"<\/a><\/p>\n

credit\u00a0C. Harri\u00a0Writer\/Producer\/Director: Roy T. Anderson<\/p>\n

According to Anderson, his next projected film will be a Buffalo Soldier\u00a0documentary film. Lead actress Gloria Simms who is also a Maroon, said, “I would say I am a bridge. I want to open a women’s museum in Jamaica. I will centralize it. It will be a gift from the Maroons.”<\/p>\n

On hand for this historical launch\u00a0\u00a0for opening remarks were: Ms. Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General, Department of Public Information. H.E.Mr. Courtney Rattray, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Jamaica and H.E.Mr. Edfen Charles, charge` d` Affaires a.I., Permanent Mission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations. Rita Marley, and Una Clarke.<\/p>\n

Panelist consist of: Ms. Cristina Gallach, Dr. Harcourt Fuller, Producer and Assistant Professor of History, Georgia State University, Gloria Simms and Ms. Gaynel Curry, Gender and Women’s Right Advisor for the United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights.<\/p>\n

\"20151019_222036.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"20151019_212019_crop\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr. & Mrs. Una Clarke\u00a0\u00a0 Actress Gloria Simms<\/p>\n

\"1445576042895\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \"1445575463114\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Donisha Prendergast\u00a0\u00a0 Sophia, H.E.Mr. Courtney Rattray\u00a0 & C. Harrison<\/p>\n

\"1445576569052\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \"20151019_181835\"<\/a><\/p>\n

photos C. Harrison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A JAMAICAN WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE History should have found her a long time ago but too many times women of great nobility are lost on the path ways\u00a0of life when historians\u00a0don’t knock.\u00a0 photo credit: C. Harrison By: C. Harrison\/October 23, 2015\/3:43AM Stories have been told about her over the years; school children have heard & … Continue reading JAMAICA’S LEADER OF THE MAROON GRANNY NANNY AKA QUEEN NANNY FOUND HER PLACE AT THE HEROES TABLE<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2098"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2150,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098\/revisions\/2150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}