A major new mural commemorating the life and activism of Benjamin Zephaniah will be unveiled in April at Handsworth Park, celebrating the poet’s ‘extraordinary legacy.’
Category Archives: Memorials
Event: A Life of Rhyme – A Tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah
Liverpool’s Writing on the Wall are proud to host a tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah, pioneering dub poet, lyricist, musician, and revolutionary. This tribute to Benjamin taking place on 9 May 2024.
Apology after Benjamin Zephaniah mural painted over in Birmingham
A council contractor has apologised after painting over a mural of the late poet and actor Benjamin Zephaniah in Birmingham. The artwork appeared in an underpass in Hockley.
A Forest Gate memoir of Benjamin Zephaniah
Forest Gate author and community activist, Derek Smith, pays tribute to, and shares local memories of, his pal, the recently deceased poet and writer, Benjamin Zephaniah (1958 – 2023)
