Ferron Williams

Ferron Williams is a Maroon political leader, "Colonel-in-Chief" of the village and enclave of Accompong, a self-governing community of Jamaican Maroons established in 1739 on the Island of Jamaica by treaty with Great Britain.[1][2]

Ferron Williams

Biography

Ferron Williams was born on June 14, 1955, to parents Advira Elizabeth Anderson-Williams and Robert Williams, members of the Maroon community of Accompong. He attended local schools and joined the police service. After 37 years Williams resigned from the force at the rank of Inspector of Police.

He was elected as Colonel-in-Chief of Accompong in 2009. This position leads the Maroon Council, with whom the Colonel shares executive responsibilities.[3] On April 16, 2015, Colonel Williams was elected to his second term in office.[4]

He has become notable for his climate change program, which seeks to protect the ecology of the Island's Cockpit region, where this Maroon community is located.[5] Additionally, he has become notable for his unprecedented efforts to build a cultural and economic bridge between Accompong and the Kingdom of Ashanti in Ghana. Both groups are descendants of the Akan and Asante people, whom the Maroons claim as ancestors. Ferron has worked with Africans on issues of climate change.[6]

References
  1. "Accompong maroons hailed for retaining African traditions", Jamaica Information Service, Jamaica
  2. "Jamaica National Heritage Trust - Jamaica - Accompong". www.jnht.com. Retrieved Mar 3, 2019.
  3. Hines, Horace (27 August 2009). "It's Colonel Ferron Williams now!". Jamaica Observer.
  4. "Ferron Williams returned as Accompong Maroon colonel". Jamaica Observer. 16 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016.
  5. Myers, Garfield (8 January 2016). "Accompong Maroons reaffirm claim to Cockpit Country". Jamaica Observer.
  6. "Historical Meeting between the Kingdom of Ashanti and the Maroons of Accompong", Modern Ghana. 22 May 2016


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