Zephaniah, Benjamin

About Benjamin Zephaniah


A Poet Called Benjamin Zephaniah.


Benjamin Zephaniah on Contemporary Writers.



Reviews


Dawes, Kwame. Too Black, Too Strong. World Literature Today on Jstor, Vol. 76, No. 2, 2002 (Spring).


Hoyt, Heather M. Refugee Boy. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy on Jstor, Vol. 48, No. 1, 2004 (September).



Interviews


Bennett, Weyman and Judith Orr. Benjamin Zephaniah: Rhythms of Radical Culture. Socialist Review, 2008.


Hussain, Ahmede. In Conversation with Benjamin Zephaniah. Black and White: ahmedehussain.blogspot.com, 2007 (January 22).


Mahamdallie, Hassan. Benjamin Zephaniah: Rage of Empire. Socialist Review, Issue 281, 2004 (January).


Reid, Graham. Benjamin Zephaniah Interviewed. Elsewhere, 2000.


Wagner, Erica. Benjamin Zephniah. The Times on Timesonline.co.uk, 2009 (May 2).



Writings by Benjamin Zephaniah


Zephaniah, Benjamin. Me, I thought, OBE me? Guardian.co.uk, 2003 (November 27).



Audio and Audiovisual Material


Benjamin Zephaniahon Myspace.


A Poet Called Benjamin Zephaniah. An interview on Conscious TV.

Youtube linksPart 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 , Part 5 & Part 6.


Video-Performances by Benjamin Zephaniah:

- "Genetics"

-"What's Up"

-"Talking Turkeys"

-"Money"

-"Touch"


Zephaniah and students perform "The British" on BBC Poetry Season.


USEFUL SOURCES


Biographies:

 

Contemporary Writers

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Literary Reference Center

A Dictionary of Writers


Plot Summaries

 Kindlers Literatur Lexikon  

Literary Reference Center


Secondary Literature:

see Research Section


 

NOTE:

Most of these resources require access to the university network (via vpn client)