In advance of his reading in Cork, dub poet and reggae superstar Linton Kwesi Johnson tells Ed Power about the links between the Irish and the Jamaicans. Coming to Ireland to perform his radical dub poetry will be like going home, says Linton Kwesi Johnson. Jamaican-born, and raised in London, Johnson (66) is one of the most acclaimed chroniclers in the UK of the immigrant experience. Linton Kwesi Johnson. “That was key to my formation and where I became socialised into Jamaican culture, Jamaican folk culture, specially.

Source: Irish Examiner June 09, 2019 15:11 UTC