Benjamin Zephaniah

About Benjamin Zephaniah

Rastafarian spoken-word poet who is best known for works such as Pen Rhythm, The Dread Affair: Collected Poems, and Funky Chickens. In 1982, he released Rasta, an internationally famous spoken-word CD.

Benjamin Zephaniah before fame

He was up in an Afro-Caribbean community in Birmingham, England, and his poetry was influenced by his surroundings. At the age of eleven, he began performing his rhythmical spoken-word poetry.

Achievement of Benjamin Zephaniah

He was named one of the 50 finest English writers of the postwar era by The Times in 2008.

Benjamin Zephaniah family life

His mother was a Jamaican nurse and his father was a Barbadian postal worker. In 1990, he married Amina Zephaniah, but they divorced eleven years later.

Associations of Benjamin Zephaniah

Bob Marley, a Jamaican singer, impacted him.

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