“MISS LOU” - LOUISE BENNETT-COVERLEY
JAMAICA’S NATIONAL TREASURE
Louise Bennett-Coverley Reading Festivals â–ª 2008-2022
2008 - “Colonization in Reverse” – the Life and Work of the Hon. Louise Bennett- Coverley - Prof. Mervyn Morris and Joan Andrea Hutchinson
2009 - “Defining Miss Lou and her impact on Jamaicans - Barbara Gloudon
2010 - “Celebrate Fi Wi Kulcha”- Lilieth Nelson and Dr. L’Antoinnette Stines
2011 - “Mi Fren Miss Lou: Then and Now” - Rev. Easton Lee; Dr. Susan Davis and Dr. “Miss Ivy” Armstrong
2012 - “Fifty Years a Wi Kulcha- from Pantomime to Ring Ding” (celebrating Jamaica’s 50 years of Independence) - Marjorie Whylie
2013 - “Jamaica Talk” – Amina Blackwood-Meeks
2014 -“The Hon. Miss Lou, Her Drums Keep Sounding…” - Marguerite Newland
2015 – “Dat Cunny Jamma Ooman” – Dr. Carolyn Cooper
2016 -“Lyrics, Laughter & Lessons – Jamaican Comedy & the Miss Lou Legacy”- Owen “Blakka” Ellis
2017 – “Is Anancy Meck It – Jack Mandora…”/ “Meck We Weel an’ Tun”
2018 - “Bandana – A Fi Wi Style” – Amina Blackwood -Meeks
2019 - “Daughters of Miss Lou” - Poet Laureate - Hon. Lorna Goodison.
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2022 - "Glad Bag Buss" Family Fete - Opal Palmer Adisa