Linton Kwesi Johnson
Age: 73 years old
Born: August 24, 1952 in Clarendon, Jamaica, British West Indies [now Jamaica]
Born: August 24, 1952 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 ow...n verse in Jamaican patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell.
