Louise Bennett-Coverley

Louise Bennett-Coverley

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Sunnu kavi yọnnu	yọnnu
Otò he mẹ e wá sọn	Jamaica
Birth name	Louise Simone Bennett
Yinkọ	Louise, Simone
Family name	Bennett
Pseudonym	Miss Lou, Louise Bennett
Jijizan	7 Zósun 1919
Fie e yin jiji te	Kingston
Okúzán	26 Liyasun 2006
Place of death	Toronto
Place of burial	National Heroes Park
Educated at	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Instrument	voice
Award received	Member of the Order of the British Empire, Musgrave Medal, Order of Merit, Order of Jamaica
Official website	http://www.louisebennett.com/

Bennett-Coverley kavi Lou OM, OJ, MBE (yin jiji to azan ṣinawetọ zosun 1919 tọn bo ku to azan konukundopotọ liyasun 2006), yin homilomilo-kantọ, mẹ he yọn aṣatọn, wekantọ podọ weplọntọ Jamaica tọn de. Mẹ he nọ kan bosọ nọ do mahẹ to homilomilo etọn lẹ mẹ to Jamaican Patois kavi Creole, Bennett wazọn nado baihihọ na aṣa lọ nado nọ yi homilomilo lẹ ohan aṣa tọn lẹ po otan lẹ po zan to patois ("ogbe lẹdoaihọnpe tọn"),[2] e hẹn ẹ diun dọ glẹsi gbe baṣa baṣa sọgbe nado yin kinkan bo sọ vi hihia.[3]

Bẹjẹeji gbẹzan etọn tọn

Bennett yin jiji to azan ṣinawetọ zosun 1919 do agewaji tohomẹ liho to Kingston, Jamaica.[4] Ewọ wẹ vidopo gee he Augustus Cornelius Bennett, mẹ he do blẹdi da whe de to toho Spanish tọn mẹ, podọ Kerene Robinson, avọtọ tọ de. To oku otọ etọn tọn godo to 1926, Bennett yin piplọn whẹ sọn do gbọ onọ etọn dali. E yi wehọmẹ dokọtọn She elementary school to Ebenezer po Calabar po, bo zindonukọn yi wehọmẹ daho St. Simon's College and Excelsior College po, to Kingston. To 1943, e zeyinkọ dai to wehọmẹ daho Friends College tọn to Highgate, St Mary fihe e plọnnu gando Jamaican folklore te. To owhe lọ dopo lọ mẹ wẹ homilomilo etọn tintan yin zinzijẹgbonu te to linlinwe Sunday Gleaner tọn mẹ.[5] To 1945, Bennett wẹ yin wehọmẹvi me yu tintan he plọn we to London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) to whenue e yin nina ajọ wepiplọn vọnu tọn sọn wedegbẹ British tọn mẹ.[6][7][8]

Azọn etọn

Whenue e bai fo to RADA godo, Bennett wazọn hẹ aihunwhe de to Coventry, Huddersfield po Amersham, po aihunwhe susu devo lẹ po to England.[9] To ojlẹ he e yizan to oto lọ mẹ lẹ mẹ, epenukun do tito radio ji tọn awe go na BBC – Caribbean Carnival (1945–194) po West Indian Night po (1950).[7]

Bennett wazọn hẹ ogbẹ he nọ gọalọ na agbatọnọlẹ to Jamaica sọn 1955 jẹ 1959, podọ e sọ plọn and taught folklore and drama at the University of the West Indies.[10] sọn 1965 jẹ 1982 e bai pọndohlan Miss Lou tọn lẹ, a series of radio monologues, bọ to 1970 e jẹ tito televisiọ ji tọn yọpọvu lẹ tọn he nọ yin Ring Ding bai ji. Tito he to jẹhọn mẹ kaka jẹ 1982, tito lọ gado yise Bennett tọn "that 'de pickney-dem learn de sinting dat belong to dem' (dọ yọpọ lọ lẹ ni plọnnu gando nutindo yetọn lẹ go)".[11] Taidi tito de he yọpọvu he do oto devomẹ lẹ yin ylọ basina nado do mahẹ to emẹ gbọ jẹhọn mẹ. To yidogọ mẹ na awusọhia tele ji tọn etọn, Bennett nọ sọawuhia to mewhiwha voovo lẹ mẹ kakajẹ Calypso (1958) po Club Paradise (1986)po mẹ.[12]

Bennett kan owe susu lẹ po homilomilo susu lẹ po to Jamaican Patois, bo gọalọ to hinhẹn ẹ yọnẹn taidi "ogbe akọkta tọn de" to aṣẹ edetiti tọn mẹ. Azọn etọn yinuwa do wekantọ susu devo lẹ ji gọna Mutabaruka, Linton Kwesi Johnson podọ Yasus Afari, nado yii zan to aliho dopolọ mẹ. E bai hoyidokanji aṣa tọn susu lẹ gando ohan Jamaica folk music po hoyidokanji lẹ sọn tito radio po tele po ji tọn etọn lẹ mẹ gọna Jamaican Folk Songs, ohan yọpọvu tọn Jamaica tọn lẹ, aihundida lamẹyiya tọn lẹ, pọndohlan Miss Lou’s tọn (1967), dotoai na Louise (1968), Carifesta Ring Ding (1976), podọ Honorable Miss Lou. E yin gigopana po nina Harry Belafonte dowatọ 1956 hit "Day-O tọn (The Banana Boat Song)" gọn didọ na ẹ gando Jamaican folk song "Hill and Gully Rider" dali (yinkọ lọ sọ yin nina Taidi "Day Dah Light").[13][14]

Gbẹzan mẹdetiti tọn etọn

Bennett wlealọ po Eric Winston Coverley po, mẹ he nọ yi ada wa bosọ nọ ze aihundida lamẹyiya tọn Jamaica tọn do aga, sọn azan gbantọ nuwhasun 1954 kakajẹ whenue e ku to avivọsun 2002 mẹ. To pọ mẹ Bennett po Coverley po tindo visunu dopo, Fabian.

Okun po tito ṣiọ didi etọn tọn po

Bennett zan gbẹzan godo tọn etọn to Scarborough, Ontario. E ku azan 27tọ liyasun 2006 to dotowhe Scarborough Grace tọn to whenue e daku to whe etọn gbe godo. Hunwhẹ ofli tọn de sọ yin bibai to Toronto to azan atọntọ avivọsun 2006, enẹgodo oṣiọ etọn yin zize yi National Arena to azan ṣinawetọ po ṣinatọntọ po avivọsun tọn. Tito ṣiọ didi tọn de sọ yin bibai to Kingston to Coke Methodist Church to East Parade to azan ṣinẹnẹtọ avivọsun 2006 bọ tito yẹsu fifọ de tọn bọdego sọgbe hẹ aṣa tọgbo huhlọnọ he diyin togbo lọ tọn lẹ tọn. Asu Bennett tọn lọsu flin oku etọn.[18][3]

Ajọ po gigopanamẹnu he e yi lẹ po

Bennett yi gigopanamẹnu po ajọ susu lẹ po to azọn etọn to linlinwe po theater Jamaica tọn po mẹ. To yinyọnẹn wadotana dagba etọn lẹ, Harbourfront Centre, yin ogẹ aṣa tọn vọnu de to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, do nọtẹn de henọ yin yiylọ dọ Miss Lou's Room.[24] Wehọmẹ alavọtọn Toronto tọn yin owhe na Louise Bennett Exchange Fellowship to Caribbean oplọn zinjẹgbonu zintọ lẹ tọn na wehọmẹvi he to wehọmẹ alavọtọn West Indies tọn lẹ.[25][26] Ajọ po gigopanamẹnu devo he e yi lẹ wẹ bọdego:

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (1960)[7][27]

Norman Manley Award for Excellence (1972)[28]

Order of Jamaica (1974)[27]

Musgrave Medal (1978)

Honorary Doctor of Letters – York University (1998)[29]

Jamaican Order of Merit (2001)

Owe etọn lẹ

Anancy Stories And Poems In Dialect. Kingston, Jamaica: The Gleaner Co. Ltd (1944). Laugh with Louise: A pot-pourri of Jamaican folklore. Kingston: City Printery. 1961. OCLC 76815511. Jamaica Labrish. Jamaica: Sangster's Book Stores. 1966. OCLC 1968770. Selected Poems. Jamaica: Sangster's Book Stores. 1982. Auntie Roachy Seh. Jamaica: Sangster's Book Stores. 1993.

Hoyidokanji etọn lẹ

Jamaican Folk Songs. New York: Folkways. 1954. OCLC 255714807. Yes m'dear: Miss Lou live!. Sonic Sounds. 1982. OCLC 23971117.

Sọ pọn

Caribbean literature