{"product_id":"100-voices-for-miss-lou-poetry-tributes-interviews-essays-9789766408879","title":"100+ Voices for Miss Lou: Poetry, Tributes, Interviews, Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Opal Palmer Adisa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of the West Indies Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of the West Indies Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Caribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiss Lou had the instinctive wisdom to relate\u003cbr\u003elanguage to identity. As a people who have long since lost our identity, we\u003cbr\u003econtinue to search for it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is an interrelationship between language - the\u003cbr\u003ewords we use - and our identity. In that regard, Miss Lou helped us to remember\u003cbr\u003ewho we are. However, mental slavery is still with us. While we continue to deny\u003cbr\u003eour own language, our way of expressing ourselves, there is no escaping the\u003cbr\u003efact that our language is part of our identity as Jamaicans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough a lot of our unique cultural DNA\u003cbr\u003edisappeared during the Middle Passage, Miss Lou had the wisdom and the courage\u003cbr\u003eto grasp what remained of that DNA and give voice to the voiceless. She did it\u003cbr\u003ewith such decisiveness that I have lived to see the day when Patwa, or Jamaican\u003cbr\u003eLanguage as it is properly called, has taken its rightful place as an important\u003cbr\u003epart of our identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat is Miss Lou's legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Beverly Manley-Duncan","brand":"University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47813215486103,"sku":"9789766408879","price":5285.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789766408879.webp?v=1778334399","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/100-voices-for-miss-lou-poetry-tributes-interviews-essays-9789766408879","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}