Mutabaruka (his curent name Hallan Hope) was born Allan in Jamaica in 1952. A Rastafarian 'Dub poet' singer man, he was one of the new generation of Jamaican oral poets.He began writing and performing in the late sixties. He uses musical accompaniment in his performances.
Music 'Live at Reggae Sunsplash' (1982) ; 'Check It!' (1983) ; 'Dub Poets Dub' (1983) ; 'Outcry' (1984) ; 'The Mystery Unfolds' (1986) ; 'Any Which Way... Freedom' (1989) ; 'Mutabaruka' (1990) ; 'Blakk Wi Blak... K... K...' (1991) ; 'Melanin Man' (1994) ; 'Gathering of the Spirits' (1998) ; 'Muta in Dub' (1998) ; 'Life Squared' (2002) ; 'Life and Lessons' (2009)
Movie musics : 'Sankofa' (1993) ; 'One Love' (2003)
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White Sound
[published in the Magazine Revue Noire RN 06 et RN 09 Caribbean in September 1992 and June 1993, original text written in Englishs]
everytime in hear the sound
everytime in hear the sound
everytime in hear the sound
the sound that sounds like :
remember Nigger remember
the sound that sounds like :
the whelps on your back
the sound that sounds like :
the chains round your neck
the sound that sounds like :
who raped your progenitors
the sound that sounds like :
who practised genocide on your people
the sound that sounds like :
who divided your race
stole your culture
the sound that sounds like :
infitrated your land
corrupted your soil
the sound that sounds like :
planted the seeds of inferiority in your minds
kept down your progress
the sound that sounds like :
who built nations from nigger sweat Nigger gold
the sound that sounds like :
remember Nigger remember
you’re no Aethiopian
you’re a Negro
I named you a Negro
the sound that sounds like :
remember Nigger remember
you’re no African
you’re a Negro
I named you a Negro
the sound that sounds like :
Slave : White Boss
Boss : White Good
Bad : Black Bad
everytime in hear the sound
everytime in hear the sound
everytime in hear the sound
the sound that sounds like
the sound that is not my name.
Hallan Hope Mutabaruka
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