Tuesday, August 01, 2006

News at Eleven: Poet and performer Louise Bennett-Coverley

("Miss Lou"), who has died aged 86, was one of the most influential figures in Jamaican culture. A champion of Jamaican Creole, she was a patriot committed to correcting the colonial legacy of self-contempt and she cleared the way for others by demonstrating that Jamaican Creole could be the medium of significant art.

from The Guardian: Louise Bennett-Coverley

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