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Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson (aka LKJ, born in Jamaica, 24 August 1952) is a UK-based dub poet. In 2002 he became the second living poet, and the only black poet, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series.〔Maya Jaggi, ("Profile: Linton Kwesi Johnson - Poet on the front line" ), ''The Guardian'', 4 May 2002.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=(Media & Editorial Projects Ltd) )〕 His performance poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican Patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell. Johnson's middle name, "Kwesi", is a Ghanaian name that is given to boys who—like Johnson—are born on a Sunday.
==Biography==
Johnson was born in Chapelton, a small town in the rural parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. In 1963 he came to live in Brixton, London, joining his mother who had emigrated to Britain shortly before Jamaican independence in 1962.〔 Johnson attended Tulse Hill School in Lambeth. While still at school he joined the British Black Panther Movement, helped to organise a poetry workshop within the movement, and developed his work with Rasta Love, a group of poets and drummers.
Johnson went on to study for a degree in sociology at Goldsmiths College in New Cross, London (graduating in 1973),〔Larkin, Colin (1998), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9, pp. 147-148.〕 which currently holds his personal papers in its archives. During the early to mid-1970s he was employed as the first paid library resources and education officer at the Keskidee Centre,〔Paul Harper, ("Islington’s Black History Month celebrates Keskidee Centre" ), ''Islington Gazette'', 1 October 2011.〕〔("Archive Showcase: June", George Padmore Institute ), 13 June 2013.〕 where his poem ''Voices of the living and the dead'' was staged, produced by Jamaica novelist Lindsay Barrett, with music by the reggae group Rasta Love. Johnson has recalled: "it was fantastic, you know, having written something and having it staged with actors and musicians. That was back in 1973 before I had a poem published anywhere. That was before anyone had ever heard of Linton Kwesi Johnson."〔("The Keskidee - A community that discovered itself" ), Islington Local History Centre, 2009.〕
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