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Jamaica erects statue to patois popular Miss Lou

Jamaica

Jamaica erects statue to patois popular Miss Lou

By Vinette K. Pryce

Louise Bennett-Coverley reacts as she is awarded the Order of Merit at the Jamaican Consulate in Toronto in this, Dec. 18; 2001 file photo.Bennett-Coverley died Wednesday, July 26, 2006. She was 86.

Jamaica

‘Mother of Jamaican culture’ to be honored

By Vinette K. Pryce

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