Linton Kwesi Johnson

Jamaica
August 24, 1952

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Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ, born 24 August 1952) is a Jamaican dub poet who has long been based in the UK. 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 dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell. Johnson's middle name, "Kwesi", is a Ghanaian name that is given to boys who, like Johnson, are born on a Sunday.

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Au cours des 14 derniers jours:

42 musiques
66 stations
20 pays

Top chansons des Linton Kwesi Johnson

1	Inglan Is a Bitch
2	Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)
3	Want Fi Goh Rave
4	Reggae Fi Peach (Rico) (Linton Kwesi Johnson)
5	Fite Dem Back
6	Sonny's Lettah
7	Bass Culture
8	Mi Revalueshanary Fren
9	Reality Poem
10	Time Come
11	Di Black Petty Booshwah
12	Independent Intavenshan
13	Dread Beat an Blood
14	Reggae Sounds
15	All Wi Doin Is Defendin
16	Song Of Blood
17	Hurricane Blues
18	Five Nights of Bleeding
19	Street 66
20	It Noh Funny
21	Doun de Road
22	It Dread Inna Inglan
23	Five Nights of Bleeding
24	Loraine
25	Dubbing for Life

Citations de Linton Kwesi Johnson

I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral need to creatively articulate the experiences of the black youth of my generation, coming of age in a racist society.