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Linton Kwesi Johnson: Roots Inna Inglan?

Vivien Goldman, Melody Maker, 7 April 1979

Linton Kwesi Johnson, black poet and activist, sees the Rasta dream of Ethiopian exodus as irrelevant ganja-talk. His life and his art deal with reality: the permanent confrontation between black kids and the police, and the general denial of black self-expression. A serious thing...

Total word count of piece: 6270

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