Nanny of the Maroons

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæni ʌv ðə məˈruːnz/
• Hyphenation: Na‧nny‧of‧the‧Ma‧roons

Proper noun

Nanny of the Maroons

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

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

   • 2003, Serafin Méndez-Méndez, Serafín Mendez Mendez, Gail Cueto, “Nanny of the Maroons”, in Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans: A Biographical Dictionary, →ISBN, page 325:

     “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). […] ”

   • 2006, Andrea Elizabeth Shaw, Andrea Shaw Nevins, The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies, →ISBN, page 70:

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

   • 2015, Kimberly Juanita Brown, The Repeating Body: Slavery's Visual Resonance in the Contemporary, →ISBN:

     “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. […] ”

Translations

Jamaican historical figure

• Jamaican Creole: Nanny, Granny Nanny