Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (Birmingham, 15 de abril de 1958 – 7 de dezembro de 2023) foi um escritor, poeta dub e rastafári britânico."Funky Turkeys" , Penguin. Em 2008, o jornal The Times o incluiu na sua lista dos cinquenta melhores escritores britânicos desde 1945.
Morte Zephaniah morreu em 7 de dezembro de 2023, aos 65 anos, devido a um tumor cerebral.
Livros
Poesia
Pen Rhythm (1980), Page One, The Dread Affair: Collected Poems (1985), Arena, City Psalms (1992), Bloodaxe Books, Inna Liverpool (1992), AK Press, Talking Turkeys (1994), Puffin Books, Propa Propaganda (1996), Bloodaxe Books, Funky Chickens (1997), Puffin, School's Out: Poems Not for School (1997), AK Press, Funky Turkeys (audiobook) (1999), Puffin, ASIN, B07VJJ8WCX Wicked World! (2000), Puffin Random House, Too Black, Too Strong (2001), Bloodaxe Books, The Little Book of Vegan Poems (2001), AK Press, Reggae Head (audiobook), 57 Productions,
Romances
Face (1999), Bloomsbury (publicado em edições infantis e adultas) Refugee Boy (2001), Bloomsbury Gangsta Rap (2004), Bloomsbury Teacher's Dead (2007), Bloomsbury Terror Kid (2014), Bloomsbury Windrush Child (2020), Scholastic,
Biografias
We Sang Across the Sea: The Empire Windrush and Me (2022), uma biografia de Mona Baptiste escrita por Sofonias e ilustrada por Onyinye Iwu.
Livros infantis
We Are Britain (2002), Frances Lincoln Publishers Primary Rhyming Dictionary (2004), Chambers Harrap J Is for Jamaica (2006), Frances Lincoln My Story (2011), Collins When I Grow Up (2011), Frances Lincoln
Outros
Kung Fu Trip (2011), Bloomsbury The Life And Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah (2018), Simon & Schuster
Peças
Playing the Right Tune (1985) Job Rocking (1987). Pubicado Black Plays: 2, ed. Yvonne Brewster, Methuen Drama, 1989. Delirium (1987) Streetwise (1990) Mickey Tekka (1991) Listen to Your Parents (incluído em Theatre Centre: Plays for Young People – Celebrating 50 Years of Theatre Centre, 2003, Aurora Metro; também publicado por Longman, 2007) Face: The Play (com Richard Conlon)
Acting roles
Didn't You Kill My Brother? (1987) – Rufus Farendj (1989) – Moses Dread Poets' Society (1992) – Andy Wilson Truth or Dairy (1994) – The Vegan Society (UK) Crucial Tales (1996) – Richard's father Making the Connection (2010) – Environment Films / The Vegan Society (UK) Peaky Blinders (2013–2022) – Jeremiah Jesus
Discografia
Álbuns
Rasta (1982), Upright (relançado em 1989), Workers Playtime (UK Indie #22)Lazell, Barry (1997), Indie Hits 1980–1989, Cherry Red Books, . Us An Dem (1990), Island Back to Roots (1995), Acid Jazz Belly of De Beast (1996), Ariwa Naked (2005), One Little Indian Naked & Mixed-Up (2006), One Little Indian (Benjamin Zephaniah Vs. Rodney-P) Revolutionary Minds (2017), Fane Productions
Singles e EPs
Dub Ranting EP (1982), Radical Wallpaper "Big Boys Don't Make Girls Cry" 12-inch single (1984), Upright "Free South Africa" (1986) "Crisis" 12-inch single (1992), Workers Playtime
Aparições
"Empire" (1995), Bomb the Bass com Zephaniah & Sinéad O'Connor Heading for the Door por Back to Base (2000), MPR Records Open Wide (2004), Dubioza kolektiv (C) & (P) Gramofon Rebel by Toddla T (2009), 1965 Records "Illegal" (2000), de "Himawari" por Swayzak "Theatricks" (2000), por Kinobe
Referências
Ligações externas
"British Jamaican Rastafarian Writer, Dub Poet Benjamin Zephaniah on Poetry, Politics and Revolution", 20-9-2010 – video report by Democracy Now! A hero to millions': Benjamin Zephaniah remembered by Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and more", The Guardian, 7-12-2023.
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