John Canoe, also known as January Conny, (died circa 1725) was the European name given to an Akan warrior from Axim, Ghana. He was a chief of the Ahanta...
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Junkanoo (redirect from John Canoe dance)
addition, John Canoe was an existing Ahanta chief and an Akan warrior hero that ruled Axim, Ghana before 1720, the same year the John Canoe festival was...
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Afro-Jamaicans (section John Canoe)
dedicated to the heroism of the Akan king 'John Canoe' an Ahanta from Axim, Ghana in 1708. See John Canoe section.[citation needed] Jamaican Patois, known...
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A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing...
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December 2007, five and a half years after he was believed to have died in a canoeing accident. Darwin was arrested and charged with fraud. His wife, Anne, was...
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dramatises the John Darwin disappearance case (2002-2007), where prison officer and teacher John Darwin faked his own death in a canoeing accident, and...
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Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to...
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whistles. The word 'Junkanoo' is derived from the name of the founder: John Canoe. The celebration occurs on December 26, July 10 and January 1, beginning...
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usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel to large, decorated war canoes (waka taua)...
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Outrigger boat (redirect from Outrigger Canoe Racing)
to one or both sides of the main hull. They can range from small dugout canoes to large plank-built vessels. Outrigger boats can also vary in their configuration...
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Look up canoe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A canoe is a light narrow boat, pointed at both ends, propelled with a paddle. Canoe may also refer to:...
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Dragging Canoe (ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ, pronounced Tsiyu Gansini, c. 1738 – February 29, 1792) was a Cherokee red (or war) chief who led a band of Cherokee warriors...
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the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2007. "John Morrison". Slam! Sports. Canoe.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved...
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headquarters of the Brandenburgers in Africa. By 1717, an Akan merchant, John Canoe learned that the Prussians were going to sell the fort to the Dutch. In...
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Jimmy Jay Klaitz as Guy Versailles Michael Sky as Billy Three Rivers John Canoe as Bernie Littlewolf In an interview screenwriter/director Courtney Hunt...
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kind of canoes 'Canadians' — even the decked whitewater canoes and, ironically, the wood-and-canvas canoe... Outline of Canoeing and Kayaking John MacGregor...
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evil. The John Canoe festival was created in Jamaica and the Caribbean by enslaved Akans who sided with the man known as John Canoe. John Canoe was a man...
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New Brunswick wilderness and arrived via the Saint John River in the Maine-built wood-canvas canoes of B.N. Morris, E.M. White, and E.H. Gerrish. Brothers...
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A dugout canoe or simply dugout is a boat made from a hollowed-out tree. Other names for this type of boat are logboat and monoxylon. Monoxylon (μονόξυλον)...
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headquarters. The fort is the only fort in Ghana of German construction. John Canoe, an Akan merchant, learned in 1708 that the Germans planned to sell the...
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List of paddlesports organizations in Canada (redirect from Ontario Recreational Canoeing and Kayaking Association)
Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association. Founded by John Eberhard and Ron Johnstone (1971). Affiliated organizations: Paddle Alberta Canoe Kayak New Brunswick...
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Jamaica portal Jamaican art Jamaican English Jamaican Georgian architecture John Canoe, ritual Kariba suit List of museums in Jamaica Mauger (Jamaican Patois...
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March 9, 2020. Williams, John. "CANOE - JAM! Music - Artists - Sheepdogs, The : Sask.'s Sheepdogs make top 10 debut". Jam.canoe.ca. Archived from the original...
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Canoe camping, also known as touring, tripping or expedition canoeing, is a combination of canoeing and camping. Canoe campers typically carry enough supplies...
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often had some familiarity with African-derived traditions, such as the John Canoe festivities on the Atlantic coast and the Pinkster celebrations in New...
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the first sailing canoes and with popularising canoeing as a sport in Europe and the United States. He founded the British Royal Canoe Club (RCC) in 1866...
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Some prints are the earliest visual representation of the masquerade of John Canoe. Tim Barringer, Gillian Forrester, Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz (eds), Art and...
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neared its end. Princes Town, Ghana German colonial projects before 1871 John Canoe Junkanoo Accada and Hollandia: p.252. New Cambridge Modern History Atlas...
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A sprint canoe is a canoe used in International Canoe Federation canoe sprint. It is an open boat propelled by one, two or four paddlers from a kneeling...
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Listed below are the canoe sprint world best times in Sprint canoe and Sprint kayak events. The ICF only acknowledge world best times set in finals of...
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