Description: A unique culture in Jamaica is revealed through the life story of one of its Cheifs. Grandy Nanny, an eighteenth-century Maroon chieftain, and one of Jamaica's national heros, comes to life in the mysticism sprinkled throughout the text. Educational, historical, and entertaining narratives sketch a culture rich in pride, emotion, and power, with smoldering political underminings. Rudiments of the ancient Kramanti language are included.
This autobiography of Col. C.L.G. Harris reveals past job descriptions such as shoemaker, farmer, legislator, Chief, father, poet, lecturer, tutor, and musician. He excelled in each role. But most of all he prevails as beloved educator. He is Teacha!
Milton McFarlane, Author of Cudjoe the Maroon, says in his foreword of Teacha: "He bought and borrowed books, studied late into the nights by lamplight; he developed an insatiable appetite for the best . . . This book contains the story, in fact, the journey of a most worthy life."
