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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.
Clifton Joseph is a Canadian dub poet. [1] He is most noted for his 1989 album Oral/Trans/Missions, from which the song "Chuckie Prophesy" was a shortlisted Juno Award finalist for Best Reggae Recording at the Juno Awards of 1990. [2] A native of Antigua, Joseph moved to Canada with his family in the 1970s. [3]
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.
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (né Springer; 15 April 1958 – 7 December 2023) was a British writer, dub poet, actor, musician and professor of poetry and creative writing. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.
She recently held the distinction of being the first Canada Council Writer-in-Residence for Queen's University's Department of English. Allen also co-produced and co-directed Blak Wi Blakkk, a 1991 documentary about the Jamaican dub poet Mutabaruka. [3] In 2023, Allen was named to a three-year term as Poet Laureate of Toronto. [6]
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