Verbal Riddim

Dub Poetry

Various, Oku Onuora, Jean 'Binta' Breeze , James Berry

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Vintage Classics
01 July 2023

World music; Poetry; Poetry anthologies; Social & cultural history; Migration, immigration & emigration

The first ever major collection of dub poetry spanning from 1970s Caribbean to the beginning of the twenty-first century.

This is dub poetry- bold and musical, funny and furious.

This collection brings together the work of nine inventive and brilliant poets who defined and drove the dub poetry genre. From the Caribbean, Canada and the UK, the poetry in this collection spans forty years, as dub became a powerful cultural and creative force.

With roots in the reggae culture of 1970s Kingston, dub poetry uses the vivid expressions of everyday spoken language to describe and challenge the experience of life on the margins. Early dub poetry took on police violence, slums and poverty. Later, as Caribbean migrants arrived in countries like Britain and Canada, dub poets faced new issues- racism, discrimination and hostility. Over four difficult decades, dub gave marginalised people a voice for their anger, defiance and creativity. It was the soundtrack to post-Windrush culture.

Serious and humorous, alive and urgent, here is the very best of dub poetry.

The poets included in this collection are- Oku Onuora, Mikey Smith, Mutabaruka, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, James Berry, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Lillian Allen and Afua Cooper.

By: Various
Contributions by: Oku Onuora, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, James Berry, Benjamin Zephaniah
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 136mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781784878269
ISBN 10: 178487826X
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

The poets included in this collection are- Oku Onuora, Mikey Smith, Mutabaruka, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, James Berry, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Lillian Allen and Afua Cooper.

Reviews for Verbal Riddim: Dub Poetry

[Jean 'Binta' Breeze] made poems feel like conversations. Radically intimate, and yet simultaneously expansive... I am a poet because of Jean 'Binta' Breeze' -- Rachel Long [Benjamin] Zephaniah confirms that art can serve as an instrument for change. The people's poet has written himself out of the life that was mapped for him * Guardian * If any young artists need to know about longevity and integrity, [Linton Kwesi Johnson] is the one to look to. He knew his path and he walked it. His words are still relevant and that reggae bass is still vibrating -- Steve McQueen * Observer *