Zephaniah Speaks

Zephaniah Speaks

The vital signs of Benjamin Zephaniah

I just haven’t had time for a blog recently. I planned to write one when I was travelling, but the traveling got in the way. I planned to write one when my album came out, but the album got in [...]

Does the UK really Care about Human Rights? Do You?

My first political hero was Angel Davis. It was she that first made me aware that black people were engaged in a political struggle in the USA, and I’m proud to say that the first time I was excluded from [...]

Tibetan hallucinations with Welsh Bards

People, I’m back. Actually I’ve been back for a while, but let me explain.   As well as my yearly visit to Chen Jia Gou in China where I study taiji (tai Chi), this year I also went to Tibet. [...]

Let’s talk about drugs.

When I was about 15 years old I remember walking home with my brother and a friend on a warm moonlight night. My brother and me were singing Bob Marley songs, and our friend, Stephen Riley, was singing Rod Steward [...]

Thanks for the chocolate.

I’ve just finished doing something I’ve never done before. A tour to promote a book. I’ve done tours before, and published books before, but when those books were published I tended to be out going gigs anyway so there was [...]

Tai Chi with the Bees

Yes, I’m back. And it’s strange being back. I just logged on to my twitter account for the first time in 5 months and found hundreds of messages. I don’t know why, because I never respond to messages there (as [...]