{"product_id":"100-voices-for-miss-lou-poetry-tributes-interviews-essays-paperback-softback-9789766408879","title":"100+ Voices for Miss Lou; Poetry, Tributes, Interviews, Essays (Paperback \/ softback) 9789766408879","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e100+ Voices for Miss Lou\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePoetry, Tributes, Interviews, Essays\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOpal Palmer Adisa (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9789766408879\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e452 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.7 x 3 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMiss Lou had the instinctive wisdom to relate\nlanguage to identity. As a people who have long since lost our identity, we\ncontinue to search for it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is an interrelationship between language – the\nwords we use – and our identity. In that regard, Miss Lou helped us to remember\nwho we are. However, mental slavery is still with us. While we continue to deny\nour own language, our way of expressing ourselves, there is no escaping the\nfact that our language is part of our identity as Jamaicans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough a lot of our unique cultural DNA\ndisappeared during the Middle Passage, Miss Lou had the wisdom and the courage\nto grasp what remained of that DNA and give voice to the voiceless. She did it\nwith such decisiveness that I have lived to see the day when Patwa, or Jamaican\nLanguage as it is properly called, has taken its rightful place as an important\npart of our identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat is Miss Lou’s legacy. - Beverly Manley-Duncan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52652780683544,"sku":"9789766408879","price":32.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/100-voices-for-miss-lou-poetry-tributes-interviews-essays-paperback-softback-9789766408879","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}