Lillian Allen (born April 5, 1951) is a Canadian dub poet. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Dub Poetry is a form of performance poetry consisting of spoken word over reggae rhythms that originated in Jamaica in the 1970s.
Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, she left that country in 1969, first moving to New York City, where she studied at the City University of New York. Spanish Town is the former Spanish and English capital of Jamaica. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. The City of New York The City University of New York (CUNY Acronym ˈkjuːni is the public University system of New York City. She lived for a time in Kitchener, Ontario, before settling in Toronto, Ontario, where she continued her education at York University. The City of Kitchener (ˈkɪtʃɨnɚ is a City in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario York University (Université York is a public Research university located in Toronto, Ontario. She released her first recording, Dub Poet: The Poetry of Lillian Allen, in 1983.
Allen won the Juno Award for Best Reggae/Calypso Album for Revolutionary Tea Party in 1986 and Conditions Critical in 1988. The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian Musical Artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music
She is a professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design, where she teaches creative writing. The Ontario College of Art & Design (commonly referred to by its acronym OCAD) is Canada's largest and oldest University for art and design
She recently held the distinction of being the first Canada Council Writer-in-Residence for Queen's University's Department of English. The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an Arts council of Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational non-sectarian Public university located in Kingston, Ontario
Bibliography
- Rhythm an' Hardtimes (1983)
- The Teeth of the Whirlwind (1984)
- If You See Truth (1987)
- Why Me (1991)
- Women Do This Every Day (1993)
- Psychic Unrest (1999)
Discography
- Dub Poet: The Poetry of Lillian Allen (1983)
- De dub poets (1985)
- Curfew Inna B. C. (1985)
- Revolutionary Tea Party (1986)
- Let the Heart See (1987)
- Conditions Critical (1988)
- Nothing But a Hero (1992)
- Freedom & Dance (1999)
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