Linton Kwesi Johnson quote

Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom.
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Born: Aug 24, 1952

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