Linton Kwesi Johnson

‘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.