Louise Bennett

Louise Bennett Coverley

About Louise Bennett Coverley

Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley was a jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, she worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois.
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