Introduction (Ap)Praising Louise Bennett: Jamaica, Panama, and Beyond

[...]she published her first book of patois poems, Verses in Jamaican Dialect, in 1942 (Dance 26). Bennett also had a remarkable impact on two of the most wellknown Panamanian West Indian writers-Melva Lowe de Goodin, English professor, author of De/From Barbados a/to Panama, and founder of the Soci...

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Published in:Journal of West Indian literature 2009-04, Vol.17 (2), p.VIII-XXV
Main Author: Nwankwo, Ifeoma Kiddoe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
British literature
Children
Childrens television
Culture
Dance
English
Indian culture
Language poetry
Latin American literature
Literary criticism
Oral poetry
Poetry
Postcolonial literature
Postcolonialism
Regional dialects
Scholars
Story telling
Women
World literature
Writers
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Summary:[...]she published her first book of patois poems, Verses in Jamaican Dialect, in 1942 (Dance 26). Bennett also had a remarkable impact on two of the most wellknown Panamanian West Indian writers-Melva Lowe de Goodin, English professor, author of De/From Barbados a/to Panama, and founder of the Society of Friends of the Afro-Antillean Museum of Panama (SAMAAP); and Carlos Russell, professor, Civil Rights activist, journalist, and author of several literary works, including Miss Anna's Son (1976). Miss Lou, and the songs, poems, saying that her shows led me, and so many others, to memorize, functioned, for me, as gravity-as a grounding force. Since childhood I have been performing Miss Lou works in private and public venues, including my undergraduate classrooms. [...]that child's storytelling is an aural representation of Miss Lou's impact, even in the face of migration.
ISSN:0258-8501