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Linton Kwesi Johnson
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 b…
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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
Movie The Oracle
- 2020
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2017
Popular Voices at the BBC
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2017
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Movie Self
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2006
Hitmusik: Konsten att sätta rytm till revolt
Movie Self
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2004
Linton Kwesi Johnson: Live in Paris
Movie Self - vocals
- 2003
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1998
Windrush
TV show Self
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1992
Black and White in Colour
Movie Self
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1984
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
Movie Self
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1982
Upon Westminster Bridge
Movie Self
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1979
Dread Beat and Blood
Movie
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1972
Full House
TV show
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Linton Kwesi Johnson In Concert
Movie Himself
