Linton Kwesi Johnson

Biography

Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ), born 24 August 1952, Chapelton, Clarendon, Jamaica and move to Brixton, London, UK at 9 so is a British-based author and dub poet. In high school, he joined the English "Black Panther" who helped him create a poetry workshop and then joined a small group of percussionists and poets, the "Rasta Love". He began to be published in the magazine "Race Today" in 1973 after graduating in sociology.

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