Page 2 - HP3A 004 Miss Lou

L o uis e B ennet t o r mo r e

affectionately known, Miss Lou was

a Jamaican poet, writer, educator and

story teller. She was most famous

for writing and performing stories,

poems and other worksin Jamaican

Patois (pronounced pat-wa)/Creole.

Although English is the official

language of Jamaica, Patois is more

familiar and spoken more often. Miss

Lou thought it was very important

for Jamaicans to keep Patois alive

and wanted Jamaicans to feel just