Oku Onuora – I’ve Seen (Album download)
Oku Onuora releases a new album he titles “I’ve Seen.” Available for download and streaming, Onuora latest music project lists 16 tracks.
Born in Kingston in 1952, dub poet extraordinaire Oku Onuora (born Orlando Wong) is known for his hard hitting socio-political commentaries fused with potent musical accompaniment. Together with people like Mutabaruka, Yasus Afari, Linton Kwesi Johnson and the late Michael Smith, he belongs to a small group of poets who not only publish their engaged poetry in written form, but also use reggae riddims as a vehicle for their poems. Despite some great and highly acclaimed albums from abovementioned poets, the genre is still bubbling on the deep margins of roots reggae.
Oku Onuora’s rebellious nature and involvement in guerrilla activities based in the hills around Kingston, eventually led to him being sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in 1970. He began writing poetry in 1971, and became the first inmate to be allowed to perform with a reggae band in 1974 when Cedric Brooks’ band The Light of Saba performed in the prison. Two years after his premature release from prison in 1977, he recorded the single “Reflections In Red”, his first musical release and the first Jamaican dub poetry record.
Tracklist:
01. I’ve Seen
02. Wordsoun
03. Don’t Like It
04. Seed Burst
05. Madda
06. Black Spectacle
07. Dubword Warrior
08. The City at Night
09. If Not Now
10. Scene
11. Fuel for Fire
12. Then Beloved
13. Still
14. Escaping the Blues
15. Jamaica
16. Fish Head Story
Stream and download I’ve Seen by Oku Onuora below.
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