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Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Zephaniah hosted a guest show on 3 May 2019. Benjamin Zephaniah has been played over 30 times on NTS, first on 8 June 2014. Benjamin Zephaniah's music has been featured on 30 episodes.

Benjamin Zephaniah (born Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Springer in Handsworth, Birmingham, on 15 April 1958; died 7 December 2023) was a British writer, dub poet, actor, musician and professor of poetry and creative writing. He was the first person to record with the Wailers after the death of Bob Marley in a musical tribute to Nelson Mandela.

One Little Indian Records released the 'Naked' album on 2006. Previous records by Benjamin Zephaniah are Dub Ranting, Rasta LP, Free South Africa and Back to Roots.

He is also quite famous for rejecting an OBE in November 2003, stating that getting one would remind him of 'how my foremothers were raped and my forefathers brutalised'.

Zephaniah released a total of seven albums of original music.

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Benjamin Zephaniah

Benjamin Zephaniah hosted a guest show on 3 May 2019. Benjamin Zephaniah has been played over 30 times on NTS, first on 8 June 2014. Benjamin Zephaniah's music has been featured on 30 episodes.

Benjamin Zephaniah (born Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Springer in Handsworth, Birmingham, on 15 April 1958; died 7 December 2023) was a British writer, dub poet, actor, musician and professor of poetry and creative writing. He was the first person to record with the Wailers after the death of Bob Marley in a musical tribute to Nelson Mandela.

One Little Indian Records released the 'Naked' album on 2006. Previous records by Benjamin Zephaniah are Dub Ranting, Rasta LP, Free South Africa and Back to Roots.

He is also quite famous for rejecting an OBE in November 2003, stating that getting one would remind him of 'how my foremothers were raped and my forefathers brutalised'.

Zephaniah released a total of seven albums of original music.

Original source Last.fm

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