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Dub poetry has been a vehicle for political and social commentary, [7] with none of the braggadocio often associated with the dancehall. The odd love-song or elegy appears, but dub poetry is predominantly concerned with politics and social justice, commonly voiced through a commentary on current events (thus sharing these elements with dancehall and "conscious" or "roots" reggae music).
Poetry, drama Oku Nagba Ozala Onuora (born Orlando Wong , 9 March 1952), known as the "father of Jamaican dub poetry" is a Jamaican dub poet and performer. Biography
Linton Kwesi Johnson OD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series.
Jean "Binta" Breeze MBE (11 March 1956 – 4 August 2021) [1] [2] was a Jamaican dub poet and storyteller, acknowledged as the first woman to write and perform dub poetry. [3] She worked also as a theatre director, choreographer, actor, and teacher.
After meeting Oku Onuora in Cuba in 1978, she began working in dub poetry. [2] She released her first recording, Dub Poet: The Poetry of Lillian Allen, in 1983. [citation needed] Allen won the Juno Award for Best Reggae/Calypso Album for Revolutionary Tea Party in 1986 and Conditions Critical in 1988. [3]
Badilisha Poetry X-Change has ranked d'bi young anitafrika in the top ten poets. [6] Young's early poetry, including their first dub poem entitled "once dere was a mxn" written in 1988, followed the foundational aesthetic of dub poetry's form, style, and content. [7]
Tings an' Times is an album by the Jamaican dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, released in 1991. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was Johnson's first album in six years. [ 4 ] Tings an' Times also served as the title of a book of Johnson's poetry.
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