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020			_a9781471168956 (pbk.) : _c£9.99
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050		4	_aPR6076.E6
072		7	_aBIO _2ukslc
100	1		_aZephaniah, Benjamin, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe life and rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah : _bthe autobiography.
264		1	_aLondon : _bScribner, _c2019.
300			_a333 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (black and white, and colour) ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published: London: Simon & Schuster, 2018.
520	8		_aBenjamin Zephaniah, who has travelled the world for his art and his humanitarianism, now tells the one story that encompasses it all: the story of his life. In the early 1980s when punks and Rastas were on the streets protesting about unemployment, homelessness and the National Front, Benjamin's poetry could be heard at demonstrations, outside police stations and on the dance floor. His mission was to take poetry everywhere, and to popularise it by reaching people who didn't read books. His poetry was political, musical, radical and relevant. By the early 1990s, Benjamin had performed on every continent in the world and he hasn't stopped performing and touring since. Nelson Mandela, after hearing Benjamin's tribute to him while he was in prison, requested an introduction to the poet that grew into a lifelong relationship, inspiring Benjamin's work with children in South Africa.
600	1	0	_aZephaniah, Benjamin.
650		0	_aPoets, English _vBiography.
650		0	_aPoets, Black _vBiography.
650		7	_aBiography.
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