Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Lorna Gaye Goodison CD (born 1 August 1947) [1] is a Jamaican poet, essayist and memoirist, a leading West Indian writer, whose career spans four decades. She is now Professor Emerita, English Language and Literature/Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan, previously serving as the Lemuel A. Johnson Professor of English and African and Afroamerican Studies.
Mervyn Eustace Morris OM (born 21 February 1937) [1] is a poet, writer, editor and professor emeritus at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.His poetry is well respected throughout the Caribbean, which has consistently ranked him among the top West Indian poets.
It is commonly used for national festivals and television broadcasts, including Independence Day and athletic events starring Jamaican athletes. [9] During sign-off sequences in Jamaica, television and radio stations customarily play the national anthem "Jamaica, Land We Love." This custom honors an era when broadcasting was not a 24-hour ...
Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator.Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, Bennett worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois ("nation language"), [2] establishing the validity of local languages for literary expression.
Jean "Binta" Breeze MBE (11 March 1956 – 4 August 2021) [1] [2] was a Jamaican dub poet and storyteller, acknowledged as the first woman to write and perform dub poetry. [3] She worked also as a theatre director, choreographer, actor, and teacher.
“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” — Franklin P. Jones “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same ...
These inspiring quotes by Harvey Milk shed light on love, hope, and life. ... rather than hate and hiding with many — now famous — Harvey Milk quotes. In many ways, he was the first openly gay ...
The famous refrain from the Jamaican folk went: “Dip dem, Bedward, dip dem / Dip dem in the healing stream / Dip dem deep, but not too deep / dip dem fi cure bad feeling.” "Bedward the Flying Preacher" by Singers & Players featuring Prince Far I appears on the 1983 album Staggering Heights , and the 1985 compilation Pay It All Back Vol. 1 ...