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Jamaican Thomas MacDermot (1870–1933) is credited with fostering the creation of Jamaican literature. According to critic Michael Hughes, MacDermot was "probably the first Jamaican writer to assert the claim of the West Indies to a distinctive place within English-speaking culture," [2] and his Becka's Buckra Baby [3] as the beginning of modern Caribbean literature.
Jamaican art dates back to Jamaica's indigenous Taino Indians who created zemis, carvings of their gods, for ritual spiritual purposes. The demise of this culture after European colonisation heralded a new era of art production more closely related to traditional tastes in Europe, created by itinerant artists keen to return picturesque images ...
Officer of the Order of Distinction, Silver Musgrave Institute of Jamaica, Member of Caribbean Hall of Fame Gloria Escoffery OD (22 December 1923 – 24 April 2002) was a Jamaican painter, poet and art critic that contributed to post-colonial arts and culture during the mid-to-late 20th century.
Dorothy Henriques-Wells (1926 – 5 March 2018) was a Jamaican painter and art teacher. She is known for her sparse, vibrant watercolors depicting the plants and landscapes of Jamaica . She has works in the National Gallery of Jamaica and she received the Silver Musgrave Medal for Art in 1987. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Jamaican literature" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is a list of Jamaican writers, including writers either from or associated with Jamaica This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Thomas MacDermot (26 June 1870 [1] – 8 October 1933) [2] was a Jamaican poet, novelist, and editor, editing the Jamaica Times for more than 20 years. He was "probably the first Jamaican writer to assert the claim of the West Indies to a distinctive place within English-speaking culture". [3]
Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator.Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, Bennett worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois ("nation language"), [2] establishing the validity of local languages for literary expression.