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The poet Louise Bennett Coverley (1919–2006), a seminal figure of the Caribbean diaspora, is portrayed as a child who loves the melodious and creative lilt of Jamaican patois, the dialect her ...
Louise "Miss Lou" Bennett-Coverley is being honored today in selected regions with a dedicated Google Doodle on her 103rd birthday.
Object Details author Morris, Mervyn Subject Bennett, Louise 1919-2006 Notes AFA copy 39088019013382 gift of Janet Stanley. Contents Beginnings -- Later years -- Miss Lou and pantomime -- Anancy and ...
A young Harry Belafonte was preparing his repertoire of Caribbean songs in the 1950s and looking for expert input, when he sought out Louise Simone Bennett-Coverly, known affectionately as Miss ...
Creative strategies being undertaken at Louise Bennett-Coverley Primary School that have improved academic outcomes, particularly for boys, are being praised by Minister of Education Senator Dr ...
Jamaica's culture, gender, entertainment and sports minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange lays a wreath on the grave of Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley on the occasion of what would have been the poet's 103rd ...
Jamaican cultural icon, the Honourable Mrs. Louise Bennett-Coverly, more popularly known to the world as 'Ms. Lou', collapsed and died today at the Scarborough Grace Hospital in Toronto, Canada, after ...