Browse Items · National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection

Louise Bennett

Miss Lou wearing an 18th century style dress and feathered hat. She is holding a parasol.

Tags: Authors, Jamaican; Bennett, Louise, - 1919-2006; Fashion; Folklorists; Parasols; Poets - Jamaica; Umbrellas

An expressive Miss Lou gesticulating.

Tags: Authors, Jamaican; Bennett, Louise, - 1919-2006; Folklorists; Poets - Jamaica

Miss Lou on stage in bandana costume.

Tags: Authors, Jamaican; Bennett, Louise, - 1919-2006; Costume - Jamaica; Folklorists; Poets - Jamaica

Miss Lou in bandana dress and head tie.

Tags: Authors, Jamaican; Bennett, Louise, - 1919-2006; Folklorists; Poets - Jamaica

Louise Bennett and husband Eric Coverley holding hands in a pose for the camera

Louise Bennett (3rd right) and her husband Eric Coverley and friends standing beside a table set for dining, at their wedding reception.

Louise Bennett and Eric Coverley smile for the camera just after they were married in 1954

Louise Bennett (centre) and other cast members in a theatrical production.

Louise Bennett smoking a cigarette

Louise Bennett performing one of her poems.