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Akinsanya

WORD,SOUND IS POWER, I AM MY ANCESTOR

About Me

AKINSANYA “avenging spirit of the ancestors”A humble son of the garden parish of st.Ann, Lloyd Palmer born of hardworking rural folks. a mother who is a social worker and an industrious father who tills the soil profusely. Akin grew up in southern Trelawney attending the William knibb memorial high where he was involved in school and community cultural activities.Such a experience has help to groom and mold Akin into pursuing the arts as his chosen profession as a poet and a musician. Akin sees poetry as a holistic therapy to spiritually likewise socially uplift humanity. The artiste/musician’s role is to express the thouhts, emotion, plight and concerns of the masses. Majority of whom are grassroots people facing inequality and needs a voice to utter for justice, truths and rights.*JUS’ POETS, a series of poetry shows which was organized with other poets such as Elaine Thomas, Bill Blast and I-Sense in 1994. *2005 Runner Up in the RED BONES Literary Series.PROJECTS TO DATE * TUFF TUFF TRANGLE debut album “Urban Journey” as a poet. * INNA DE YARD projects featuring artiste such as; VICEROY, CONGOS, LINVAL THOMPSON, PRINCE ALLA AND EARL” china” SMITH.

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Member Since: 4/5/2007
Band Website: DP&B.com, myspace.com/tufftufftriangle
Band Members:



Influences: THE ANCESTORS,MISS LOU,LINTON KWESI JOHNSON,BIG YOUTH,DADDY UROY,BENJAMIN ZEPHENIAH,SISTER CAROL,OKU ONURA,MIKEK SMITH,BURNING SPEAR,WINSTON MACNUFF,MUTABRUKA,BLACK UHRU,THE WAILERS,YASUS AFARI MA AND PA.



Sounds Like: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
Record Label: TUFF-TUFF TRIANGLE
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

AKINSANYA 2nd RUNNER UP 7th Annual Writers Awards 08

THE 7th ANNUAL WRITERS AWARD '08 Payne takes RedBones' number one poetry prizepublished: Tuesday | December 4, 2007Mel Cooke, Freelance WriterWhen Abebe Payne delivered his trio of poems at RedBones t...
Posted by Akinsanya on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:53:00 PST

DUB-POETRY ALBUM LAUNCH

'Urban Journey' album launched at Weekenzpublished: Friday | July 22, 2005Mel Cooke, Freelance WriterMembers of the Tuff Tuff Triangle on the cover of their CD 'Urban Journey', which was launched at t...
Posted by Akinsanya on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:22:00 PST

AKINSANYA AT RED BONES

Akinsanya, African appreciated at Redbonespublished: Friday | July 8, 2005Mel Cooke, Freelance WriterWESTERN BUREAU:AKINSANYA AND African delivered verse to a good reception at the latest month-end ed...
Posted by Akinsanya on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:02:00 PST