petit histoire...
Jamaica was one of the few islands in the West Indies which was large enough
for slaves who escaped from the plantations to hide from the British.
Protected to some extent by the religeously non-racist indigenous people
(before they were wiped out altogether), the Maroons (derived from spanish
"Cimmaron" -meaning the wild/untammed) became a tribe who repeatedly
resisted the British attacks. (hence "Maroon" -suburban knight)
regarding "nannytown" by UR, this is a town in Jamaica where "Grandy Nanny"
was supposed to have lived. Actually a great military strategist, this
chieftaness of the Maroons has become something of a folk heroine to todays
jamaicans. The most famous story about her concerns one of the many attacks
upon the town, in which nanny was reported to have taken the cannons and
gunshots of the British into her punani, and fired them back at the
British....if only I knew girls who could do that.
The CD seems to have more suggestive track titles as well (dollis hill, zero
is my country), So I was wondering if this album had a wavejumpers-style
concept behind it.
if anyone knows for certain, I would love to know
Seth
The Electric Press
From: "Counterforce - Lay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Seth Redmond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [313] interstellar fugitives
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 12:48:09 +0100
Haye!
> I noticed that the interstellar fugitives album has songs called
Nannytown
> and Maroon, presumably in reference to Nanny, the jamaican folk heroine.
*** Can you tell me a bit more about this, or point me to a place where I
can get some more info? I too have been intrigued by the titles, but I
never
had any clue *at all*.
*** Thanks in advance. Id' realy appreciate it.
Lay
"Um Império Tecnológico consolidado pela Necessidade"
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