Louise Bennett

Louise Bennett, whom Jamaica called Miss Lou, was born on 7 September 1919 in Kingston. A British Council scholar, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and presented Caribbean programmes for the BBC. Back on the island, she worked for the Social Welfare Commission, taught folklore and drama, appeared in twenty-five pantomimes from 1943 to 1975 and was for a long time a fixture of radio and television. She settled in Canada in 1987 and died in Toronto on 26 July 2006.

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• PoetryJamaica LabrishLouise Bennett · 1966Literature