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NAME DATE(S) COUNTRY TYPE(S) OF MAIN

CONTRIBUTION(S)
CULTURE

Louise Bennett 1919-2006 Jamaica Poetry Showed that


dialect or Creole
could be a viable
medium for
poetry
Beryl McBurnie 1914-2000 Trinidad Dance helped to

promote the

cultural legitimacy

of Trinidad and

Tobago that

would shift the

country into the

age of

independence

Bob Marley 1945-1981 Jamaica Music Promoted peace,


love and equality
Aubrey Cummings 1947-2018 Guyana Music Brought the
people of guyana
peace
Paule Marshall 1929-2019 New York Writer Shred knowledge
about Caribbean
themes or stories

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