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'''Michael Smith''' (]–] ]), usually referred to as '''Mikey Smith''', was a ]n ]. Along with ], and ], he is one of the most well-known dub poets. In 1978, Michael Smith represented Jamaica at the 11th World Festival of Youth and Students in ]. His album ''Mi Cyaan Believe It'' is available on ] and it includes his best known poem of the same name. Smith recorded a session for ] which was broadcast by the ] on 4th May 1982. <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1982/Apr24michaelsmith/ ''Michael Smith Peel session''</ref> |
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Linton Kwesi Johnson, during a presentation on Smith’s life and work at the second Caribbean Conference on Culture at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus, had the following to say about him:“The late Jamaican poet, Michael Smith, was to my mind one of the most interesting and original poetic voices to emerge from the English-speaking Caribbean during the last quarter of the 20th century". <ref>http://odeo.com/audio/810234/view ''LKJ reflects on Michael Smiths life and works''</ref> |
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His murder early in his career was believed to have been politically motivated. He was 27 years old (sic: his dates would suggest thay he was 29, check that!) and was murdered the day after attending a political rally. While at the rally, Smith confronted the speaker (the Minister of Education, from the ruling JLP party) and began criticizing the speaker's ideas. The next day, Aug. 17, 1983 on his way home, as he walked by the locale where the political rally had taken place, Smith was confronted by 4 men who began stoning him. Smith tried to flee and made it to a nearby road where he was caught by the 4 men who continued to stone him. Smith died that day of head injuries inflicted by the stoning. |
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==Notes== |
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==External links== |
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* - ] remembers Michael Smith |
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