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Jean "Binta" Breeze

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Jamaican musician (1956-2021)

WritersLived 1956 to 2021 · aged 65
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Jean "Binta" Breeze MBE 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.

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2017Honorary Doctor of Letters
2012Member of the Order of the British Empire

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Jean "Binta" Breeze MBE 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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deceased
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Lived 1956 to 2021 · aged 65
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