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Jamaica Labrish (Louise Bennett)

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Louise Bennett's landmark 1966 collection of Patois verse ('labrish' meaning chatter or gossip), a milestone in treating Jamaican Creole as a serious literary medium.

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Type: publication
Confidence: Well supported
Era: Open era →

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Story · Well supportedWriting - and toasting - the Jamaican language

How Patois travelled from playground stigma to page, pulpit and microphone.