Gaama Gloria Simms (gah-mah glaw-ree-yah seems)
Paramount Queen of the Maroons
IMAGE SOURCE: David McFadden. “Descendants of escaped slaves hope tourism can save their way of life.” Wisconsin State Journal. Aug 19, 2012. | TEXT SOURCE: Gaama Gloria "MaMa G" Simms. “Maroon Indigenous Women Circle, Jamaica: Historical Recurrences from Indigenous Women’s Perspectives.” Journal of International Women's Studies. Jan. 2018
QUOTE CONTEXT: “This is the daily life style of our matriarchial governance and this is history:.. Women are producers of off-springs, and food products. It is the women who maintain law and order in the home and community…They give advice and counsel.”
QUOTE QUESTION: Who lives a “role model lifestyle” among your People?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “Gloria “Mama G” Simms, a Maroon spiritual leader, dances in the Asafu Yard in Charles Town, eastern Jamaica.”
IMAGE QUESTION: What clothing and objects help to bring forward your inner radiance?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a paper in an academic journal. The photo is from an article in a online newspaper.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you decide which media forums are the best channels to spread the words of your esteemed elders?
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