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A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice – Planet Picture Book
Born September 7, 1919, Louise Bennett Coverley, 'Miss Lou' was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, cultural icon and educator. Through her poems in, By Jamaica Gleaner
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Miss Lou Poems - Louise Bennett Coverley
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Miss Lou Poems - Louise Bennett Coverley
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Louise Bennett Coverley - Alchetron, the free social encyclopedia
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Louise Bennett-Coverley aka Miss Lou, Jamaica - Caribbean Woman of Influence
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New Scholar - Miss Lou poem
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Patois gained ground against English thanks to woman who challenged
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Tribute to the icon Miss Lou - Jamaica Gleaner
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Miss Lou and Why She Matters” – Presentation by Professor Mervyn Morris, Poet Laureate of Jamaica at the Launch of the Miss Lou Archives on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 at the NLJ.
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Louise Bennett-Coverley and Jamaican Patois: A Unique Truth
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Miss Lou Poems - Louise Bennett Coverley