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Louise Bennett

Louise Bennett

Musician · 1919–2006

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Discography

Albums
Childrens Jamaican Songs and GamesChildrens Jamaican Songs and Games1957

Tracklist not collected yet.

Jamaican Folk SongsJamaican Folk Songs1954

Tracklist not collected yet.

Singles
Linstead Market / Bongo ManLinstead Market / Bongo Man1950

Tracklist not collected yet.

Achievements

Award
Member of the Order of the British Empire
Award
Musgrave Medal
Award
Order of Merit
Award
Order of Jamaica

Archive

Passport
Born

1919-09-07

Died

2006-07-26

Instruments

voice

Identifiers & aliases
ISNI

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Description

poet, writer and folklorist (1919-2006)

Extract from Wikipedia

Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley , known by her pen name Miss Lou, was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, actress, 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, establishing the validity of local languages for literary expression.

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