Long Memoried Women: Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Jamaican Poet, Louise Bennett
Abstract
Discusses parallels between Oodgeroo and the Jamaican poet Louise Bennett, writers who shared 'the insight to recognise the value of her own indigenous culture, unpopular as that view was when she began to write'.
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Published 1 November 1994 in Oodgeroo: a tribute. Subjects: Aboriginal oral tradition, Aboriginal women writers, African literature & writers, Australian literature - Comparisons with overseas literature, Caribbean literature & writers, Jamaica, Women writers, Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
Cite as: Smith, Angela. ‘Long Memoried Women: Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Jamaican Poet, Louise Bennett.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 16, no. 4, 1994, doi: 10.20314/als.21eec7f142.