Sunset on the Horizon: A Jamaican Maroon Woman's Story

Cubah, a woman who lives in London, attends a loved one's funeral in Kingston, Jamaica. She meets a Freedom Fighter who takes her on a journey that introduces her, to her own Sankofa through ancestors - The Windward Maroons of Jamaica. Quao, at the time was the democratic leader. He was Cudjoe's, the leader of ( the Leeward Maroons' counterpart.

The protagonist meets Nanny, the mystical high priestess and leader of 'Nanny Town'. She learns about the details of the 1738 and 1739 treaties signed between both set of maroons and the British Crown. The story has a number of themes, love, hate, war, peace and so much more. It takes a close look at convicts, at first, sent as indentured labourers from England, Scotland and Wales who later became greedy, debauched settlers on the island. It examines the role of the Redcoats, House of Commons and the crown, growth and dependence upon the system of slavery to boost trade and wars against other European countries. Closely demonstrating that cities such as London, Bristol, Liverpool and Manchester needed the system of slavery to be prolonged or they would never have expanded economically. The tale delves deeply into the reasons Maroons 'had to' sign such treaties with colonial powers. This text takes its time to examine the social history of the people 'who came' together; to form a 'New World' on the island of Jamaica. it explores how decisions made in the 1700s still impact Jamaica and its people, home and abroad - today. The characters and events in this story take a journey - one that represents, TIME PAST, TIME PRESENT AND TIME FUTURE.