Labrish with Miss Lou
SHE RETURNED to a hero's welcome last week Wednesday. It is her first visit home since she emigrated to Canada in 1987. Thoughts of home have never left her heart and in her adopted country, Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), is always surrounded by ...
Tribute to an icon
Miss Lou fearlessy penned hundreds of poems about different aspects of Jamaican life. Here we present three poems dealing with Independence and Federation...
Bring back the Festival Train
"ME DEAR Cousin Min, yu miss sinting yu shudda min deh yah fe see how Independence celebrations capture Jamaica." Well de independence don't come yet...
Artie and virginity tests
"SO HOW was New York?" I asked Artie as, accepting a glass of cold beer from me, he sank into a verandah chair. (He'd just returned from a three-week visit to the "Big ...
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