Linton Kwesi Johnson

Linton Kwesi Johnson

male, 57 years old
Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ) (born 24 August 1952, Chapelton, Jamaica) is a British based dub poet. He became only the second living poet to be...
Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Zephaniah

male, 51 years old
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (born 15 April 1958, Cole's Hill, Birmingham, England) is a British Rastafarian writer and dub poet, and is well...
Jean 'Binta' Breeze

Jean 'Binta' Breeze

female, 53 years old
Jean "Binta" Breeze (born 1956) is a Jamaican dub poet, and storyteller. She has worked also as a theatre director, choreographer, actor and...
Lillian Allen

Lillian Allen

female, 58 years old
Lillian Allen (born April 5, 1951) is a Canadian dub poet. Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, she left that country in 1969, first moving to New York...

D'Bi Young

female
d'bi.young is a Jamaican-Canadian dub poet, as well as a Dora-winning actor and playwright. Born and raised Debbie Young in Jamaica, she moved to...

Michael Smith

male, deceased (1983)
Michael Smith, usually referred to as Mikey Smith, was a Jamaican dub poet. Along with Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Mutabaruka, he is one of the most...

Malachi Smith

male
Malachi Smith is a Jamaican dub poet. The son of a preacher, Malachi began performing at a young age, and recorded his first poem "Kimbo to Kimbo"...
Afua Cooper

Afua Cooper

female
Afua Cooper is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian and dub poet. Born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, Cooper grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and migrated to...

Leroy Young

male, 42 years old
Leroy Young, (born August 7, 1967 in Belize City, Belize), otherwise known as "The Grandmaster", is a Belizean dub poet.
Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite

Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite

male, 46 years old
Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite is a novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer and short fiction writer. Born in Montreal,...