“Fight in the morning, fight in the day and fight in the night. There ain’t no giving in. In true maroon determination, doggedness and defiance, we will win.”

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Nichole McIntosh (neh-kole mak-in-tosh)

nurse, poet, blogger

IMAGE SOURCE: Kimberley Hibbert. “Nichole McIntosh - Nurse and advocate.” Jamaica Observer. 20 Nov. 2016. | TEXT SOURCE: Nichole McIntosh. “The Maroons.” Poem. nicholemcintosh.com. 18 Jul. 2020.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “My forefathers regularly continued to “sound the abeng” (animal horn) so they would not be ambushed and murdered. They are the maroons and in their honour, we relentlessly fight.”

QUOTE QUESTION: What do you and your People fight for day and night?

IMAGE CONTEXT: "I’m a diversity and inclusion champion. I’m a descendant of Maroons and I’m proud to share how this has made me who I am.”

IMAGE QUESTION: Where do you stand to glow with pride in your heritage?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is an excerpt of a poem written by Nichole McIntosh and published on her website. The photo is from a Jamaican newspaper story.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you decide when to self publish and when to offer your words to national media sources?

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“Fight in the morning, fight in the day and fight in the night. There ain’t no giving in. In true maroon determination, doggedness and defiance, we will win.”

Nichole McIntosh (neh-kole mak-in-tosh)

“We make drums the same way our ancestors did 200-300 years ago. We play the same rhythms, the same songs that record the history of our ancestors.”

“Africans who refused to be enslaved said, "Oh no. We insist to have the right to practice our African centered way of life as we see fit and we do not need a slave master over us.”