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Oku Onuora
March 27, 2007 – 6:03 pm | No Comment
Oku Onuora

The name of Oku Onuora, Jamaica’s best known dub poet, a notorious radical, criminal, and proud subversive, literally translates as fire in the desert and symbolizes the voice of the people.
Considered the father of dubetry, …

Owen Gray
March 22, 2007 – 4:59 pm | No Comment
Owen Gray

Owen Gray was Jamaica’s first home-grown singing star, and the first Jamaican singer to achieve recognition (and stardom) doing something other than calypso music. He seemed destined for stardom at an early age — born …