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World Service,3 mins

Linton Kwesi Johnson: The poetry that changed me

The Cultural Frontline

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Dub poetry pioneer Linton Kwesi Johnson introduces us to Poems of Succession - the collection by Guyanese poet Martin Carter which fired his imagination and his passion for poetry as a young writer. (Photo: Linton Kwesi Johnson. Credit: Speaking Volumes)

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