Jamaican Deejays In The 1970s

Jamaican deejay music in the 1970s In the 1970s Jamaican deejaying was heavily influenced by the rise and popularity of Rastafarianism and as a consequence the Bible became a prime source of inspiration for deejays. Alongside these develoments, the old...

Jamaica’s First Dub Poets

Jamaica’s first dub poets: early Jamaican deejaying as a form of oral poetry Dub poetry is usually taken to refer to a particular type of “performance poetry”, a brand of oral poetry performed to the accompaniment of reggae music. The term “dub poetry” itself is...