Malachi Smith (poet)

Malachi Smith is a Jamaican dub poet.^[1]

Biography

Malachi Smith was born in Jamaica in the parish of Westmoreland, and grew up in Clarendon, St. Elizabeth and St. Catherine, staying with various family members.^[2] The son of a preacher, Smith began writing poetry at the age of eight,^[3] and recorded his first poem, Kimbo to Kimbo, in 1979. His other CDs are Blacker the Berry - The Sweeter The Cherry,^[4] Throw Two Punch (1998), Middle Passage and Luv Dub Fever.^[5] He is currently working on a new CD project Hail to Jamaica, a collection that will feature most of his award-winning poems about Jamaica. Smith won the 2009 most outstanding writer award for the Jamaica Development Commission's Creative Writing Competition.^[3]

A retired member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force at the rank of detective corporal, Malachi is based in Miami.^[2][5]