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  2. Dub poetry - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Oku Onuora - Wikipedia

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    He began writing poetry in 1971, [5] and became the first inmate to be allowed to perform with a reggae band in 1974 when Cedric Brooks' band The Light of Saba performed in the prison. [1] After the performance, however, Wong's poetry was declared "subversive" and his writing was confiscated from his cell. [ 1 ]

  4. Jean "Binta" Breeze - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Lillian Allen - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. d'bi.young anitafrika - Wikipedia

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    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] In 2013, Young was one of the headline names for the 2013 Human Rights Concert in Harare , Zimbabwe .

  7. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Dub - Wikipedia

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    The terms dub, dubs, or dubbing commonly refer to: Accolade (also known as dubbing), a central act in rite of passage ceremonies conferring knighthood Dub music , a subgenre of reggae music

  9. Benjamin Zephaniah - Wikipedia

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    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.