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Podcast: Blacklisted Conversations
Episode: TBB Talks to ... Legendary Poet& Author Dr Benjamain Zephaniah
Description: Dr Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah is one of our most iconic performance poets. As a musician, poet and author Zephaniah is renowned for his tales of the black experience from struggle to history to music to culture.A pioneer of Dub Poetry Zephaniah has rubbed shoulders with black icons Bob Marley, Nelson Mandela and more. The South Bank Show returned for a new series and will feature Zephaniah in conversation with the host Melvyn Bragg about his life and work, and reveals how his troubled youth inspired him to channel his energies into poetry – and ho...