CHIEF executive officer of the Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou) Festival (LBCF), Professor Opal Palmer Adisa on Thursday urged Prime Minister Andrew Holness to rethink the position of making ...

Hamilton author honours Miss Lou, 'one of the giants of Jamaican culture,' in new book. Aura Carreño Rosas | CBC News | Posted: February 10, 2025 9:00 AM | Last Updated: February 10 ...

Jamaican poet and entertainer Louise Bennett Coverley, better known as "Miss Lou," played an instrumental role in popularizing Jamaican patois internationally. Through her art, Miss Lou helped ...

POET/author Joan Andrea Hutchinson says more work needs to be done to educate the younger generation about cultural icon Louise Bennett Coverley's (Miss Lou's) legacy. “There's always more recog ...

Growing up in a Jamaican family in Toronto’s Rexdale neighbourhood, picture book author Nadia L. Hohn was discouraged by her parents from speaking in Jamaican Patois. “They wanted me to speak proper ...

The name and titles of Jamaica's beloved poet — Dr. The Hon. Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley, OM, OJ, MBE, Hon. D. Litt. — sound very grand, but to Jamaicans, she was, and always will be, simply “Miss ...

NATCHEZ, Miss. (KTVE/KARD) — The annual Miss-Lou Memorial Day Parade will happen on Saturday, May 26, 2025, at 9 a.m. According to officials, the lineup will start at 8 a.m. at Zion Baptist ...

Hamilton performer, teacher and author Tania Hernandez first came across Miss Lou as a child on her native island of Jamaica, when she used to see the local icon on her black-and-white TV."Miss Lou ...