Music, poetry and joy mark the first Benjamin Zephaniah Day tribute

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2025-04-12

London (PA Media/dpa) - A festival of "music, poetry, joy and laughter" has taken place in London to honour the trailblazing artist and activist Benjamin Zephaniah. The Handsworth-born dub poet, who appeared in hit BBC show "Peaky Blinders" as Jeremiah Jesus, died at the age of 65 in December 2023, shortly after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Saturday's celebrations at London's Brunel University where he worked as a professor of creative wr......

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