Benjamin Zephaniah
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 66 |
| Web site | benjaminzephaniah.com |
| Date of birth | April 15,1958 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Handsworth |
| Birmingham | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Nationality | British |
| Job | Actor |
| Poet | |
| Author | |
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| Playwright | |
| Movies/Shows | Ps Your Mystery Sender |
| Farendj | |
| Bob Marley & Other Reggae Stars: Reggae's Got Soul | |
| Peaky Blinders | |
| Official site | benjaminzephaniah.com |
| Spouse | Amina Zephaniah |
| Genres | Poetry |
| Teen Fiction | |
| Literari movement | Postcolonialism |
| Postmodernism | |
| Siblings | Velda Zephaniah |
| Education | Broadway Academy |
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| ID | 495678 |
Face
Teacher's Dead
Talking Turkeys
Terror Kid
Too Black, Too Strong
Wicked World!
Propa propaganda
Funky Chickens
City psalms
We Are Britain
J Is for Jamaica
The Little Book of Vegan Poems
Dread Affair
School's Out: Poems Not for School
Kung Fu Trip (Quick Reads Edition)
When I Grow Up
Listen to Your Parents
Being Cool
Funky Turkeys
Love Poems
Gangsta Rap
Rasta time in Palestine
Primary Rhyming Dictionary
Liam
Reggae Head
Poetry Quartets
New Windmills 2002
UNTITLED BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH PA
The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography
Benjamin Zephaniah Life story
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah is a British writer and dub poet. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.
BBC Radio 4 announces Today Christmas guest editors
... Famous faces include Prof Stephen Hawking, Prince Harry, Greta Thunberg, Angelina Jolie, Sir Lewis Hamilton, Melinda Gates, Raheem Sterling and Benjamin Zephaniah...
Peaky Blinders dance show: 'Anyone who likes Strictly can love this'
... " Much of the story is told through dance and staging with no dialogue other than some narration courtesy of Benjamin Zephaniah, who plays Jeremiah in the BBC One series...
Windrush Day: Waterloo Station statue to be unveiled
... High-profile names, including actor Lenny Henry and poet Benjamin Zephaniah, have called for next year s Windrush Day to be a " major national moment" to mark the 75th anniversary...
Stars of the BBC's urge to protect, the regional current Affairs
... among The signatories of the presenter Fern Britton, actor Dominic West, naturalist Chris Packham, writer and actress Daisy May Cooper, poet Benjamin Zephaniah, Director Ken Loach and broadcaster Gloria Hunniford...
Black History Month: Bob Marley's house, awarded with blue plaque
... Benjamin Zephaniah said Marley s music came from a small island in the Caribbean, and shook up the world The plaque was stuck in the planning, because Marley was not registered, the lists in telephone directories or voters...
Andrea Levy: Small Island author dies aged 62
... The poet Benjamin Zephaniah said of Levy: In the future if anybody wants to have a look at how the Windrush generation arrived here and how we the sons and daughters of the Windrush generation survived and are surviving, they have to refer to Andrea s work...
Windrush Day: Waterloo Station statue to be unveiled
A statue paying tribute to The Windrush generation is being unveiled in one of London's largest train stations.
The National Monument pays tribute to The thousands of people who arrived in The UK from Caribbean countries between 1948 and 1971.
It depicts A Man , woman and child standing on top of suitcases and is being revealed at Waterloo Station on Wednesday to mark Windrush Day.
The government gave £1m to fund The Statue , designed by Basil Watson .
They said it would " create a permanent place of reflection and inspiration and be a visible statement of our shared History and heritage".
Jamaican artist and sculptor Mr Watson has said he was to create The Monument .
Windrush Day marks The Arrival of Caribbean immigrants to The shores of Britain on 22 June each Year - The Day HMT Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in 1948.
High-profile names, including actor Lenny Henry and poet Benjamin Zephaniah , have called for next Year 's Windrush Day to be a " major national moment" to mark The 75th anniversary.
More Than 100 leaders across different sectors have signed a joint letter, published in The Times , starting The one-Year countdown to The milestone.
The Letter reads: " This is not only black History - it is British History . It should be something we all know and commemorate.
" We call on The government and all UK institutions, from politics to civil society, faith, culture, business and sport, to Step Up and fully play their part next Year . "
Patrick Vernon, convenor of The Windrush 75 network, which is co-ordinating efforts over The Next 12 Months , said: " It's something we should commemorate as a major event and a piece of our History that Every Child should learn about at school.
" It is something every institution should be marking in a significant way. "
Thousands of people arrived in The UK as children in The First Wave of Commonwealth immigration.
They are known as The Windrush generation, in reference to The Ship which carried workers The UK to fill labour shortages.
Under The 1971 Immigration Act, all Commonwealth citizens already living in The UK were given indefinite leave to remain.
But due to a lack of official documentation, many were told they were in The UK illegally, despite living and working in The country for decades.
The Windrush Scandal, which broke in April 2018,
Source of news: bbc.com
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