Round 3: Tossup 10

In a poem in this language, a farmer defends his lifestyle to a tourist in a refrain in which he swears to God and his “big right hand.” Dennis Bovell, AKA Blackbeard, collaborated on a poem whose ditch-digging speaker uses this language to lament that his adopted country “is a bitch” and that there’s “no escaping it.” (15[1])Mervyn Morris edited the selected poems of a writer in this language who presented the children’s TV show Ring Ding and used it for the poem (*) “Colonization in Reverse.” “Miss Lou” was the nickname (10[1])of that poet and folklorist who used this language, (10[1])Louise Bennett. The poet of Dread Beat An’ Blood, Linton Kwesi Johnson, uses this example of a “nation language” for spoken word performances over musical beats. For 10 points, in what language do dub poets perform (10[1])accompanied by reggae music? ■END■ (10[1])

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