Yasus Afari

Yasus Afari (born John Sinclair, 1962) is a Jamaican dub poet.

Biography Born in, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, Sinclair was a childhood friend of Garnett Silk and collaborated with Silk on many of his best-selling recordings. but his career began to turn around after he teamed with Silk.

Afari's style has been compared to that of Mutabaruka.

Afari toured throughout the United States and the Pacific Islands with Black Uhuru in the mid-1990s. In 2007, he toured England, performing at prisons, mental institutions, book shops and schools, as well as acting as poet in residence at the University of Birmingham, where his book Overstanding Rastafari was launched in the UK. Overstanding Rastafari was the result of five years work for Afari, and was described by Professor Barry Chevannes of the UWI as "a work by a Rastafarian scholar who is interpreting for the non-Rastafarian audience his perspective. Not idiosyncratically his own, but the view of the movement on where Jamaica and the world are positioned at this time".

Afari's latest album is Public Secret, recorded with his band Dub Vijan, and released in 2013.

Afari has also recorded as a background vocalist and dub poet for Everton Blender, General Degree and Tony Rebel.

Discography Dancehall Baptism (1993), RAS Mental Assassin (1995) Honour Crown Him (1997), Sen Ya Cum Gift of Vijjahn (2000), House of Honour Revolution Chapter 1 (2007) Ancient Future (2012), Senya-Cum Records Public Secret (2013), Fox Fuse

Books Eye Pen Overstanding Rastafari: Jamaica's Gift to the World (2007) Vocal Ink: The Mental Intercourse (2016)