Child poets honour Miss Lou

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Young dub poets and siblings Ngozi & Tafari Wright honour famed Jamaican folklorist and poet, Dr Louise Bennett-Coverley on the 103rd anniversary of her birth (September 7) with a performance of the cultural icon's poem 'New Scholar'. The tribute was recorded in front of Miss Lou's statue in Gordon Town, St Andrew. The cultural icon died on July 26, 2006.

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