Miss Lou Celebrates Her 86th Birthday with a Bang

Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed. (September 15, 2005)

Author: Armstrong, Neil
Issue: 1595

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These were stories passed down to her by her grandmother, Meme. "I got most of my stories from my grandmother, Meme, who would tell stories at recess time and lunch time. I use to fall asleep every night in Meme's lap just to hear the Anansi story. Every story had a little song somewhere. Many nights I went to bed singing an Anansi song." According to Miss Lou, when telling Anansi stories, "Your whole body has to take up the story, yuh know."

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Miss Lou Celebrates Her 86th Birthday with a Bang

JAMAICA'S CULTURAL ambassador, Dr. Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately known as "Miss Lou", has been keeping the o...

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