Jamaican Maroons

Summary

Jamaican Maroons is an ethnic community^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of ethnic_community entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (467 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Jamaican Maroons is identified as part of the maroons ethnic group^[3].
• Jamaican Maroons is identified as part of the Akan people ethnic group^[4].
• Jamaican Maroons is in the country of Jamaica^[5].
• Jamaican Maroons is in the country of Sierra Leone^[6].
• Jamaican Maroons's image is recorded as Trealawney Town, the chief residence.jpg^[7].
• Jamaican Maroons's instance of is recorded as ethnic community^[8].
• Jamaican Maroons's instance of is recorded as ethnic group^[9].
• Jamaican Maroons's subclass of is recorded as African Jamaican^[10].
• Jamaican Maroons's subclass of is recorded as maroons^[11].
• Jamaican Maroons's Commons category is recorded as Maroons of Jamaica^[12].
• Jamaican Maroons's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pt515^[13].
• Jamaican Maroons's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jamaican Maroons^[14].
• Jamaican Maroons's language used is recorded as Jamaican Patois^[15].
• Jamaican Maroons's language used is recorded as Jamaican Maroon spirit-possession language^[16].
• Jamaican Maroons's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora^[17].

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Origins and Family

Ethnic identities include maroons^[3], an ethnic group^[18] and Akan people^[4], an ethnic group^[19], in Ghana^[20].

Why It Matters

Jamaican Maroons ranks in the top 9% of ethnic_community entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (467 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]