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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).
The nonsense "rub-a-dub-dub" develops a phonetic association of social disapprobation, analogous to "tsk-tsk", albeit of a more lascivious variety. The nursery rhyme is a form of teaching such associations in folklore : for individuals raised with such social codes, the phrase "rub-a-dub-dub" alone could stand in for gossip or innuendo without ...
The poem expressed his scepticism over the peace truce between Kingston's rival gangs, although he went on to perform at the One Love Peace Concert that celebrated the truce. [5] ECHO , Onuora's first poetry collection, has been reprinted several times with some five editions, some translated into French/patois and one edition in German.
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.
Badilisha Poetry X-Change has ranked d'bi young anitafrika in the top ten poets. [7] Young's early poetry, including hxr first dub poem entitled "once dere was a mxn" written in 1988, followed the foundational aesthetic of dub poetry's form, style, and content. [8]
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.
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]
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