STATE VIOLENCE AND THE POETIC RESPONSE
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Claudia Rankine, Citizen (2014)
Linton Kwesi Johnson, Selected Poems (2006)
Roy McFarlane, '...they killed them' (2018) - see file at foot of this page
Malika Booker, selections from Pepper Seed (2013) - see foot of page
Safia Elhillo, selections from The January Children (2017) - see foot of page

Useful links relating to Linton Kwesi Johnson:


Sonny’s Lettah http://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/sonny-lettah/

Five Nights of Bleeding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egye9tBl-y8

New Cross Massahkah (2 versions) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUMYAqAlAXA

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3zEzo__BwY

Reggae Fi Dada (2 choices) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egye9tBl-y8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypzmgs1dLwo

Bass Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWaovED4tcs



Critical Perspectives and Background Reading:

http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/ca/00/40/01/11/00001/pdf.pdf


https://ufsj.edu.br/portal2-repositorio/File/vertentes/v.%2019%20n.%201/Franca_Junior.pdf

https://vimeo.com/219356726

https://igov.berkeley.edu/node/529
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