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Dub poetry is a form of performance poetry of Jamaican origin, which evolved out of dub music in Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1970s, as well as in London, England, and Toronto, Canada, cities which have large populations of Caribbean immigrants.
Dub poetry is a popular form of performance poetry that’s accompanied by pre-determined Reggae music and is delivered in front of a crowd. These poems are incredibly effective due to the way in which poets carefully select their accompaniment.
Dub poetry emerged out of reggae culture in 1970s Kingston, and spoke to the everyday reality of the most downtrodden and disaffected members of society. Oku Onuora, birthname Orlando Wong, was born in 1952, raised in Franklin Town, Eastern Kingston, and is regarded as the father of dub poetry.
Jun 29, 2024 · Dub poetry includes lyrics and narrative poems on various subjects including protest against racism and police brutality, the celebration of sex, music, and ganja, and Rastafarian religious themes.
Nov 26, 2020 · The chapter looks at how dub poetry helped provide a Jamaican voice in Britain and how it inspired and harmonised relations with other working-class youth. Connections between dub poetry and the ranting poets of the early 1980s are traced with stories from Tim Wells’ own experience. Download chapter PDF.
- Tim Wells
- 2021
Dub Poetry is an extension of the DJ toasting over instrumental dub tracks that developed in Jamaican dancehalls during the 1970s.
Dub poetry is a style of poetry that is performed to a sound track of dub music. When performing without music, the performer will deliver the words using the musical rhythms of reggae music and will sometimes burst into song.
