Linton Kwesi Johnson
August 24, 1952 (72 years old) in Clarendon, Jamaica, British West Indies [now Jamaica]
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. His performance poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell.
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- 2024 · Blitz as The Oracle
- 2020 · Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale as
- 2017 · Popular Voices at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers as Self
- 2006 · Hitmusik: Konsten att sätta rytm till revolt as Self
- 2004 · Linton Kwesi Johnson: Live in Paris as Self - vocals
- 2003 · Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised as
- 1984 · Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt as Self
- 1982 · Upon Westminster Bridge as Self
- 1979 · Dread Beat an' Blood as