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Dis poetry : selected poems & lyrics

ZEPHANIAH, BENJAMIN, author2025

Summary

Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-2023) was a writer and performer of extraordinary range - an oral poet, novelist, playwright, children's writer, reggae artist, actor, television personality and political activist. Born and raised in Birmingham, he was sent to an approved school for being uncontrollable, rebellious and 'a born failure', ending up in jail for burglary and affray. After prison he turned from crime to music and poetry. He was later nominated for Oxford Professor of Poetry, and voted Britain's third favourite poet of all time (after T.S. Eliot and John Donne) in a BBC poll. 'Dis Poetry' brings together all the poems from Benjamin's three 'Bloodaxe' collections, 'City Psalms' (1992), 'Propa Propaganda' (1996) and 'Too Black, Too Strong' (2001), as well as some from 'The Dread Affair' (1985), along with previously unpublished work and lyrics from various recordings.