“My name is Alem Kelo. I live with the Fitzgeralds, my foster family, at 202 Meanly Road, Manor Park, London. I have also lived in Ethiopia and Eritrea. I have spent a few nights in a hotel in Datchet, one… — Benjamin Zephaniah Copy Share
“Don't give me truth, just give me gossip And skeletons from people's closets, I wanna be normal And millions buy it, I am blinded… — Benjamin Zephaniah Copy Share Image
“ Now The Head Lines How do you like your truth? Gently spoken on breakfast TV By a man and a woman who sit comfortably Saying riots, and murder, when will it end? As they struggle to act as if they are good friends. How do you like your truth? Bite-sized in sound bites cut easy to chew, With a… — Benjamin Zephaniah Copy Share
“My name is Alem Kelo. I live with the Fitzgeralds, my foster family, at 202 Meanly Road, Manor Park, London. I have also lived in Ethiopia and Eritrea. I have spent a few nights in a hotel in Datchet, one night in a children’s home in Reading, and for a short while I stayed in a hotel in Forest Gate,… — Benjamin Zephaniah Copy Share
“I think they had something to do with the killing of Mr. Joseph, miss." She laughed, as all adults seem to do when they… — Benjamin Zephaniah Copy Share Image
“martin learnt quickly to take every day as it came and never expect one day to be the same as the last” — Benjamin Zephaniah Copy Share Image
Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless. — Benjamin Zephaniah Copy Share Image
“De young an old are doing it I have a rappin mudder Everybody has dere rap so let's rap to each other No matter… — Benjamin Zephaniah Copy Share Image
“know what I must do, Father,’ he said, still looking into his father’s eyes. ‘I must represent Mother’s ideas, I should promote her dream.’… — Benjamin Zephaniah Copy Share Image
The way animals are carted around reminds me of the slavery of my people... The slavery of animals has to be ended too. — Benjamin Zephaniah Copy Share Image
“A few years ago if yu said yu were Green Yu were really seen as Red.” — Benjamin Zephaniah Copy Share Image
