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Louise Bennett
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“Once upon a time Anancy tink to himself seh dat if him coulda collect up all de common-sense ina de worl an keep it fi himself, den him boun to get plenty money an plenty powah, for everybody woulda haffi come to him wid dem worries an him woulda charge dem very dear wen him advise dem.”
Louise Bennett, Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, educator
(1919 - 2006)
Full name: Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley, OM, OJ, MBE.