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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 24, 1952
Place of Birth
Clarendon, Jamaica, British West Indies [now Jamaica]
Linton Kwesi Johnson
0.1 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
5.9
The Oracle
Blitz
2024
2.0
Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale
2020
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Popular Voices at the BBC
2017
7.7
Self
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
2017
0.0
Self
Hitmusik: Konsten att sätta rytm till revolt
2006
0.0
Self - vocals
Linton Kwesi Johnson: Live in Paris
2004
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Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2003
0.0
Self
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
1984
0.0
Self
Upon Westminster Bridge
1982
8.0
Dread Beat an' Blood
1979
Credits
Blitz
as The Oracle
2024
5.9
Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale
2020
2.0
Popular Voices at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2017
0.0
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
as Self
2017
7.7
Hitmusik: Konsten att sätta rytm till revolt
as Self
2006
0.0
Linton Kwesi Johnson: Live in Paris
as Self - vocals
2004
0.0
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2003
0.0
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
as Self
1984
0.0
Upon Westminster Bridge
as Self
1982
0.0
Dread Beat an' Blood
1979
8.0