‘Time Come’, a collection of essays, speech, reviews and other forms of prose by the dub poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson, makes for compelling reading
The photographer got his first big break touring with The Wailers in the 1970s, after skipping school to meet the band
The 2020 winner of the PEN Pinter Prize, LKJ’s poetry puts the ignominy and hardship of the black experience in Britain front and centre in words that echo across the decades
Percy Zvomuya interviews the original dub poet — Linton Kwesi Johnson — ahead of his SA tour.
