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Linton Kwesi Johnson
A political writer and activist who delivered his poetry to dubby, reggae
backbeats, Linton Kwesi Johnson was a proud voice for British-Jamaicans amid
tensions over race riots, Thatcherism and recession in the 1980s. Born in
Chapelton, in rural Jamaica, Johnson moved to London in 1963 and ran poetry
workshops for the Black Panthers whilst still in school, before studying
sociology at Goldsmiths University, London and penning articles for the
socialist paper Race Today and music reviews for NME and Melody Maker magazines.
His debut album Dread Beat An' Blood (1978) captured the in...
Want Fi Goh RaveLinton Kwesi Johnson
Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)Linton Kwesi Johnson
It Dread Inna InglanLinton Kwesi Johnson
It Noh FunnyLinton Kwesi Johnson
Making HistoryLinton Kwesi Johnson
Inglan Is A BitchLinton Kwesi Johnson
Want Fi Goh RaveLinton Kwesi Johnson
Forces of Victory
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Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem)Linton Kwesi Johnson
Forces of Victory
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It Dread Inna InglanLinton Kwesi Johnson
Dread Beat An' Blood
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It Noh FunnyLinton Kwesi Johnson
Forces of Victory
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Making HistoryLinton Kwesi Johnson
Making History
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Inglan Is A BitchLinton Kwesi Johnson
Bass Culture
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