Acting
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Birth Date
August 24, 1952
(74 years old)
Place of Birth
Clarendon, Jamaica, British West Indies [now Jamaica]
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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.
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The Oracle
2024
TV Show
Full House
1972 • 1 episode
TV Show
Windrush
Self
1998 • 4 episodes
TV Show
Popular Voices at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2017 • 3 episodes
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Black and White in Colour
Self
1992
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Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Self
2017
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Dread Beat and Blood
1979
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Hitmusik: Konsten att sätta rytm till revolt
Self
2006
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Upon Westminster Bridge
Self
1982
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Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2003
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Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
Self
1984
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Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale
2020
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Linton Kwesi Johnson: Live in Paris
Self - vocals
2004
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Linton Kwesi Johnson In Concert
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