Clifton Joseph is a Canadian dub poet. [1] He is most noted for his 1989 album Oral/Trans/Missions, from which the song "Chuckie Prophesy" was a shortlisted Juno Award finalist for Best Reggae Recording at the Juno Awards of 1990. [2]
A native of Antigua, Joseph moved to Canada with his family in the 1970s. [3] He published the poetry book Metropolitan Blues in 1983, but has been associated primarily with performance poetry. [3] Alongside Lillian Allen and Devon Haughton, he was one of the pioneers of dub poetry in Canada; [4] the three collaborated on the compilation album De Dub Poets in 1982. [5]
Joseph has also been a broadcaster and journalist, including stints as a correspondent for TVOntario's literary program Imprint, [6] as a reporter for CBC Television's news series Undercurrents, Marketplace and The National, [5] and as a writer for the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. He was a two-time winner of the Gemini Award for Best Writing in an Information Program or Series for his work on Undercurrents in 1998 [7] and 1999. [8]
In 2017, he was nominated for the League of Canadian Poets' Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award for spoken word poets. [9]
Clifton Joseph is a Canadian dub poet. [1] He is most noted for his 1989 album Oral/Trans/Missions, from which the song "Chuckie Prophesy" was a shortlisted Juno Award finalist for Best Reggae Recording at the Juno Awards of 1990. [2]
A native of Antigua, Joseph moved to Canada with his family in the 1970s. [3] He published the poetry book Metropolitan Blues in 1983, but has been associated primarily with performance poetry. [3] Alongside Lillian Allen and Devon Haughton, he was one of the pioneers of dub poetry in Canada; [4] the three collaborated on the compilation album De Dub Poets in 1982. [5]
Joseph has also been a broadcaster and journalist, including stints as a correspondent for TVOntario's literary program Imprint, [6] as a reporter for CBC Television's news series Undercurrents, Marketplace and The National, [5] and as a writer for the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. He was a two-time winner of the Gemini Award for Best Writing in an Information Program or Series for his work on Undercurrents in 1998 [7] and 1999. [8]
In 2017, he was nominated for the League of Canadian Poets' Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award for spoken word poets. [9]