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In 1990, Mutabaruka's poem "Dis Poem", from his album The Mystery Unfolds (Shanachie Records, 1986) was used as the acappella introduction of "The Poem", a song by house music and dancehall reggae artist and producer Bobby Konders, which brought his work to a wider audience. "The Poem" was released on Nu Groove records in 1990. [10]
Cherry Natural (born Marcia A. Wedderburn, 1960) is a Jamaican dub poet, author, motivational speaker and self-defense instructor. She has published three books of poetry and in received the Mutabaruka Award for Best Spoken Word Poet at the International Reggae & World Music Awards in 2019.
Michael Smith, usually referred to as Mikey Smith (14 September 1954 – 17 August 1983), was a Jamaican dub poet. [1] Along with Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Mutabaruka, he was one of the best-known dub poets.
Melanin Man is an album by the Jamaican musician Mutabaruka, released in 1994. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Mutabaruka supported the album with a North American tour that included shows with Speech . [ 5 ] " Bone Lie" was a hit in Jamaica.
Sankofa (Amharic: ሳንኮፋ) is a 1993 Ethiopian-produced drama film directed by Haile Gerima centered on the Atlantic slave trade.The storyline features Oyafunmike Ogunlano, Kofi Ghanaba, Mutabaruka, Alexandra Duah, and Afemo Omilami.
Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Kadija Sesay, Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 Poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa (flipped eye), anthology with a foreword by Saro-Wiwa's son, Ken Wiwa, including poems by Mutabaruka, Sharan Strange, Chris Abani, Jayne Cortez, Kwame Dawes, Amiri Baraka, Kamau Braithwaite; and poems in Catalan, Scots, Creole, Castilian paying tribute ...
A. J. Seymour, A Treasury of Guyanese Poetry [8] Pamela Mordecai, Mervyn Morris, editors, Jamaica Woman: An Anthology of Poems, Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books [8] Lorna Goodison, Tamarind Season [8] Mutabaruka, The First Poems: 1970–1979 [8] Derek Walcott, The Star-Apple Kingdom, St. Lucia native living in and published in the United ...
Boyd H. Jarvis (October 26, 1958 – February 17, 2018) [1] was an American record producer, remixer and musician, best known for his song, co-written with Jason Smith, "The Music Got Me"; released in 1983 by Prelude Records.