Description
| Product ID: | 9789766375171 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | JM |
| Title: | Nanny's Asafo Warriors |
| Subtitle: | The Jamaican Maroons' African Experience |
| Authors: | Author: Werner Zips |
| Page Count: | 262 |
| Subjects: | History of the Americas, History of the Americas, History, History, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, Jamaica, c 1600 to c 1700, c 1700 to c 1800 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In 1975, Nanny was declared the first and, is to date, the only female National Hero in Jamaica. Using an ethnohistorical approach, anthropologist Werner Zips takes Nanny’s key role in the Maroon societies to probe into the African political, legal, social and religious experiences throughout the periods of slavery, colonial rule and postcolonial nation building. |
| Imprint Name: | Ian Randle Publishers,Jamaica |
| Publisher Name: | Ian Randle Publishers,Jamaica |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-09-30 |