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Clifton Joseph is a Canadian dub poet. [1] He is most noted for his 1989 album Oral/Trans/Missions, from which the song "Chuckie Prophesy" was a shortlisted Juno Award finalist for Best Reggae Recording at the Juno Awards of 1990. [2]

A native of Antigua, Joseph moved to Canada with his family in the 1970s. [3] He published the poetry book Metropolitan Blues in 1983, but has been associated primarily with performance poetry. [3] Alongside Lillian Allen and Devon Haughton, he was one of the pioneers of dub poetry in Canada; [4] the three collaborated on the compilation album De Dub Poets in 1982. [5]

Joseph has also been a broadcaster and journalist, including stints as a correspondent for TVOntario's literary program Imprint , [6] as a reporter for CBC Television's news series Undercurrents , Marketplace and The National , [5] and as a writer for the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail . He was a two-time winner of the Gemini Award for Best Writing in an Information Program or Series for his work on Undercurrents in 1998 [7] and 1999. [8]

In 2017, he was nominated for the League of Canadian Poets' Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award for spoken word poets. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scat, rap, soca, soul, a dub poet sings it all". Toronto Star , April 5, 1988.
  2. ↑ "Up for Junos". Edmonton Journal , February 8, 1990.
  3. 1 2 "Dub poet Clifton Joseph; Verse comes at so many syllables to the bar". Ottawa Citizen , September 6, 1992.
  4. ↑ "The poetry of resistance". Halifax Daily News , November 24, 1999.
  5. 1 2 "Clifton Joseph to perform at Dub Trinity tonight". Peterborough Examiner , March 27, 2003.
  6. ↑ "Book some time for Imprint". The Globe and Mail , October 3, 1990.
  7. ↑ "Gemini winners". Toronto Star , October 5, 1998.
  8. ↑ "CBC News big Gemini winner on first night". Welland Tribune , November 6, 1999.
  9. ↑ "National Poetry Month celebrated with award nominations". Toronto Star , April 6, 2017.
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