Jean "Binta" Breeze
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Jean "Binta" Breeze MBE (11 March 1956 – 4 August 2021) was a Jamaican dub poet and storyteller, acknowledged as the first woman to write and perform dub poetry. She worked also as a theatre director, choreographer, actor, and teacher. She performed her work around the world, in the Caribbean, North America, Europe, South-East Asia, and Africa, and has been called "one of the most important, influential performance poets of recent years".
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Works
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Books of poetry
- Answers (1983)
- Riddym Ravings and Other Poems (Race Today Publications, 1988) edited by Mervyn Morris
- Spring Cleaning (Virago Press, 1992)
- On the Edge of an Island (Bloodaxe Books, 1997)
- Song Lines (Gecko Press, 1997)
- The Arrival of Brighteye and Other Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2000)
- The Fifth Figure (Bloodaxe Books, 2006)
- Third World Girl: Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2011), with live performances DVD
- The Verandah Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2016)
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Albums
- Riddym Ravings (1987), ROIR
- Tracks (1991), LKJ
- Hearsay (1994), 57 Productions
- Riding on de Riddym (1997), 57 Productions
- Eena Me Corner (2010), Arroyo Rec.
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