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Jean "Binta" Breeze is a Jamaican dub poet, writer, and performer. She was born in 1957 in Hanover Parish, Jamaica. She is best known for her work in dub poetry, which combines spoken word, music, and performance. She has released several albums, including "Riddim Wise" (1995), "Riddim Wise II" (1998), and "Riddim Wise III" (2001). She has also written several books, including "The Journey" (1996), "The Journey II" (1998), and "The Journey III" (2001). She has performed at numerous festivals and events around the world, including the Edinburgh Festival, the London Jazz Festival, and the Montreal Jazz Festival. She has also been featured in several documentaries, including "The Dub Poet" (2003) and "The Journey" (2005). Jean "Binta" Breeze is 63 years old and has a net worth of $1 million.

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Occupation Writer, dub poet
Age 64 years old
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Birthplace Hanover, Jamaica
Date of death August 04, 2021
Died Place Sandy Bay, Jamaica
Nationality Jamaican

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2018

In 2018 she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Leicester, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jamaican Poetry Festival, and a silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica.

2012

Breeze was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to literature.

2006

She has suffered from schizophrenia since her early 20s and has written poetry about what she herself calls "madness". In April 2006, on the BBC Radio programme The Interview, Breeze gave her perspective on mental illness and advocated increased attention to the needs of schizophrenics who do not have a "talent" like hers.

2003

In 2003 she was awarded a NESTA Fellowship of two years, to be held in Cambridge.

1988

She has since also written in various media. Her first book of poetry, Ryddim Ravings, was published in 1988 by the Race Today Collective. She went on to write the screenplay for Hallelujah Anyhow, a co-production of the British Film Institute and Channel 4. She also released several albums, contributing to Woman's Talk (1986), and recording Tracks in 1991 with Dennis Bovell's Dub Band.

1985

Breeze was born and raised in rural Jamaica, and studied at the Jamaican School of Drama in Kingston with Michael Smith and Oku Onuora. She first visited London early in 1985, at the invitation of Linton Kwesi Johnson, to make her debut UK performance at the International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books on 19 March that year. Returning to London in September 1985, she earned a certificate of education at Garnett College (1987), and taught Theatre Studies at Brixton College, but after two years' teaching she left in order to be able to perform full-time.

1957

Jean "Binta" Breeze MBE (born 1957) is a Jamaican dub poet and storyteller. She has worked also as a theatre director, choreographer, actor and teacher. She has performed her work around the world, in the Caribbean, North America, Europe, South-East Asia and Africa, and been called "one of the most important, influential performance poets of recent years".

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