Verbal Riddim
Dub Poetry
$30.27
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
5 July 2025
Summary
The first ever major collection of dub poetry spanning from the 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784878276 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1784878278 |
| Author: | Oku Onuora, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, James Berry, Benjamin Zephaniah |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 5 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 130mm x 198mm |
Critics Review
[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 *
Oku Onuora
Authors
- Oku Onuora
- Mikey Smith
- Mutabaruka
- Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze
- James Berry
- Benjamin Zephaniah
- Ahdri Zhina Mandiela
- Lillian Allen
- Afua Cooper
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