The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Female
Birth:
21 December 1911(Port of Spain)
Death:
10 September 1969(Port of Spain)
The details
Biography

Olive Walke, MBE (1911-1969) was a Trinidadian musician and ethnomusicologist who was one of the first to collect regional Caribbean folk songs. She founded the well-known choir, La Petite Musicale and directed it for many years. Between 1961 and 1966, she served as a Senator in the first Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago established after its independence.