![]() ![]() However, Oku’s poetry was declared “subversive” and his writing was confiscated from his cell. He began writing poetry in 1971 and became the first inmate to be allowed to perform with a reggae band in 1974 when Cedric Brooks’ band The Light of Saba performed in the prison. There are countless international articles that have been written listing his impressive and extensive credentials including, his seven years served in the Jamaican penitentiary system. He is accredited with being the first to use the phrase dub poetry to describe his poetry and presentation & recording dub poetry in Jamaica. His rebellious nature initially led him to engage in demonstrations against police violence and painting slogans on walls. ![]() He grew up in the slums of Eastern Kingston’s Franklin Town and received an informal education from Rastafarians. Orlando Wong was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1952. Among the several dub poets performing today, Oku “Fire” Onuora is the most charismatic and passionate articulator of the sufferah’s grief and outrage. Oku Onuora is the most original dub bard.ĭub poetry is more than just words and music, the melding together of the oral tradition of the African griot with the British love of dramatic recitation. ![]() If reggae is a rhythm set to a poor man’s cry, then its most esoteric form, dub poetry, is that pain made lyrical. ![]()
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