Born on September 7, 1919, in Kingston, Jamaica, Louise Bennett-Coverley was a Jamaican poet, folklorist and educator. Through her poems and performances, in patois, she sought to highlight the Jamaican dialect as an art form. - Photos provided by Gleaner Archives. | Jamaica Gleaner
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Celebrating the legendary Honourable Louise Bennett-Coverley on her 106th birthday! She is a true cultural icon who gave voice to Jamaican patois and uplifted our heritage through poetry, performance, and pride. 🇯🇲🖤💛💚 #MissLou #JamaicanIcon #CulturalHeroine #roots961fm | ROOTS RADIO 96.1 FM
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The Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, our nation’s voice in verse. 🇯🇲📜 Miss Lou dignified the Jamaican Patois. She documented the rhythms of the people, the spirit of Jamaica, and gave power to the language of the yard. Every word she spoke was culture. Every verse, a wave of the flag. 🎥 Archival footage of a national treasure. #MissLou #LouiseBennett #JamaicanIcon #IrieFM #CulturalLegacy #PatwaPride #SpokenWordLegend #JamaicaToTheWorld #NationBuilder | IRIE FM
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Young dub poets and siblings Ngozi & Tafari Wright honour famed Jamaican folklorist and poet, Dr Louise Bennett-Coverley on the 103rd anniversary of her birth (September 7) with a performance of the cultural icon's poem 'New Scholar'. The tribute was recorded in front of Miss Lou's statue in Gordon Town, St Andrew. The cultural icon died on July 26, 2006. #LouiseBennett #MissLou | Jamaica Gleaner
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Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, Bennett worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois (
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