Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Benjamin Zephaniah in 2019 - Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images Benjamin Zephaniah, who has died of a brain tumour aged 65, was a ...

Pioneering British writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who used humour and wit to address political injustices, has died aged 65. The dub poet, known for his works about refugees and healthy eating, ...

LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - British poet, musician and actor Benjamin Zephaniah, known for fighting racism and social injustice, has died at the age of 65, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, his ...

A festival of “music, poetry, joy and laughter” has taken place to honour the trailblazing artist and activist Benjamin Zephaniah. The Handsworth-born dub poet, who appeared in hit BBC show Peaky ...

Netflix’s hit series “Peaky Blinders” is mourning one of its own: British poet, writer and actor Benjamin Zephaniah, who died Thursday. “We are so shocked and devastated at the news of the death of ...

Zephaniah practices “dub poetry,” an art form that has its roots in reggae music. Reggae music is seen as a mechanism for spreading the concepts of Rastafarianism. And when Zephaniah was around 16, he ...

He was born Benjamin Springer in 1958 in the tough neighbourhood of Handsworth, Birmingham (where veteran roots reggae band Steel Pulse originated). He once described that area of the UK Midlands as ...

British poet and author Benjamin Zephaniah has died after a short illness, according to a post from his family on his official X account. The statement said the 65-year-old was diagnosed with a brain ...

He befriended Nelson Mandela, fought in the 1980s race riots and recorded radical reggae music with Bob Marley's former band. Benjamin Zephaniah was unable to read and write at school but became one ...

British poet Benjamin Zephaniah has died, aged 65. The British writer Benjamin Zephaniah, best known for his dub poetry, has died aged 65. “It is with great sadness and regret that we announce the ...