# @houseofaama on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ostLWy-WY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/22007344-houseofaama-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/9668f1d672.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-04-11T21:16:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** House of Aama (@houseofaama) — https://gondola.cc/houseofaama

## Caption

Field Research: Afro-Jamaican Traditions 🕯️ 

In 2018, House of Aama traveled to Jamaica to conduct field research in Portland and St. Thomas Jamaica as an anchor point of inspiration for projects to come exploring migration partners and familial identity. 

In this audio, you hear The voice of Whitmore Simpson, a practitioner of the Afro-Jamaican Kumina faith and descendant of the Maroon community. Footage on the grounds of a Revival Church community in Yallahs St. Thomas. 

Kumina Practice: Landing in the 1850’s post emancipation period,  Kumina has managed to survive the influences of Western culture. The language and the dances of Kumina can be traced back to tribes in the Congo in Africa. The Kumina drumming battery includes includes a wide variety of drums such kbandus, as well as scrapers, shakers and “catta sticks,” which beat out the rhythm. Kumina took root in St. Thomas where a large number of the immigrants settled. However, the religious spread to the parishes of Portland, St. Mary, St. Catherine and Kingston.

The Maroons descended from Africans who freed themselves from slavery on the Colony of Jamaica and established communities of free Black people in the island’s mountainous interior.

Africans continually resisted enslavement, with many who freed themselves becoming Maroons. The revolts disrupted the sugar economy in Jamaica and made it less profitable. Notable Maroon leaders were Queen Nanny and Cudjoe.

Today, the Maroons in Jamaica are, to an extent, autonomous and separate from Jamaican culture. Those of Accompong have preserved their land since 1739. The isolation used to their advantage by their ancestors has today resulted in their communities being among the most inaccessible on the island.

It was the Ashanti in Jamaica who maintained a commanding influence over Africans in regards to culture and religious practices. In Jamaican folklore, we find the spider, ANANSI, as the central figure. #houseofaama

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| jadah noelle | @jadahnoelle | https://gondola.cc/jadahnoelle | Senior Social Media Manager |
| House of Aama | @houseofaama | https://gondola.cc/houseofaama | Brand |

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