Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson is a UKbased dub poet. In 2002 he became the second living poet, and the only black poet, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. His performance poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican Patois over dubreggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British reggae producerartist Dennis Bovell. Johnsons middle name, Kwesi, is a Ghanaian name that is given to boys wholike Johnsonare born on a Sunday.

Johnson was born in Chapelton, a small town in the rural parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. In 1963 he came to live in Brixton, London, joining his mother who had emigrated to Britain shortly before Jamaican independence in 1962. Johnson attended Tulse Hill School in Lambeth. While still at school he joined the British Black Panther Movement, helped to organise a poetry workshop within the movement, and developed his work with Rasta Love, a group of poets and drummers.

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