Linton Kwesi Johnson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 24, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Clarendon, Jamaica, British West Indies [now Jamaica]
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.
Known For
Blitz
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Dread Beat and Blood
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale
Black and White in Colour
Linton Kwesi Johnson: Live in Paris
Hitmusik: Konsten att sätta rytm till revolt
Upon Westminster Bridge
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
Popular Voices at the BBC
Windrush
Filmography
Linton Kwesi Johnson In Concert
Movie · as Himself
Blitz
Movie · as The Oracle
Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale
Movie
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Movie · as Self
Popular Voices at the BBC
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
Hitmusik: Konsten att sätta rytm till revolt
Movie · as Self
Linton Kwesi Johnson: Live in Paris
Movie · as Self - vocals
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Movie
Windrush
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Black and White in Colour
Movie · as Self
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
Movie · as Self
Upon Westminster Bridge
Movie · as Self
Dread Beat and Blood
Movie
Full House
TV · 1 ep