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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/09/Hon.-Louise-Bennett-Cloverly-recent-visit-to-Jamaica-1024x863.jpg" alt="The Honourable Louise Bennett Coverley will be celebrated for 100 days. " class="wp-image-7114" /><figcaption>The Honourable Louise Bennett Coverley will be celebrated for 100 days. </figcaption></figure>
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<p>The Minister of Culture, Gender,
Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has officially launched Miss Lou 100 —
commemorating the centenary of “the mother of Jamaican culture”, the Honourable
Louise Bennett Coverley.</p>
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<p>Speaking at a Service of Honour and
Praise at Coke Memorial Methodist Church in downtown Kingston on Sunday, Grange
said: “Miss Lou devoted her life to restore and redeem the language of the mass
of the people. Amid great criticism from the well-to-do who now ruled the
society, Miss Lou almost single-handedly brought confidence and respect to our
Jamaican Language.”</p>
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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/Olivia-Grange-20190829.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6429" /><figcaption>Olivia 'Babsy' Grange</figcaption></figure>
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<p>Grange said it was fitting to begin
the celebrations at Coke Memorial Methodist Church, where Louise Bennett, at
the age of 17, made her first public appearance, reciting a Jamaican dialect
poem she had written.</p>
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<p>Grange thanked the church for its role in nurturing and showcasing Miss Lou’s talent and urged all churches across the island to participate in the celebration of Miss Lou 100.</p>
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<p>Miss Lou 100 is being celebrated over the course of 100 days starting from September 1, 2019. </p>
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