The document lists notable cultural figures from Caribbean countries, including their name, dates, country of origin, cultural contributions, and main contributions. It highlights Louise Bennett for showing that Jamaican dialect could be a viable form of poetry, Beryl McBurnie for helping promote Trinidadian dance and shift the country towards independence, Bob Marley for promoting peace, love, and equality through his music, and Aubrey Cummings and Paule Marshall for bringing Guyanese music and sharing Caribbean stories respectively.
The document lists notable cultural figures from Caribbean countries, including their name, dates, country of origin, cultural contributions, and main contributions. It highlights Louise Bennett for showing that Jamaican dialect could be a viable form of poetry, Beryl McBurnie for helping promote Trinidadian dance and shift the country towards independence, Bob Marley for promoting peace, love, and equality through his music, and Aubrey Cummings and Paule Marshall for bringing Guyanese music and sharing Caribbean stories respectively.
The document lists notable cultural figures from Caribbean countries, including their name, dates, country of origin, cultural contributions, and main contributions. It highlights Louise Bennett for showing that Jamaican dialect could be a viable form of poetry, Beryl McBurnie for helping promote Trinidadian dance and shift the country towards independence, Bob Marley for promoting peace, love, and equality through his music, and Aubrey Cummings and Paule Marshall for bringing Guyanese music and sharing Caribbean stories respectively.
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