Jean Breeze

Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze (1956 – 2021) was a Jamaican dub poet (acknowledged as the first woman to work in the genre) and storyteller who was also a theatre director and actor. She published eight books of poetry and stories, and released several CDs, touring the world to perform her work. Her final collection The Verandah Poems was published by Bloodaxe in 2016.