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Intelligence Squared

Remembering Benjamin Zephaniah

Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

News, Society & Culture, Arts, News Commentary

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The poet, writer and activist Benjamin Zephaniah sadly passed away this week, aged 65. In this archive discussion from 2019, journalist Samira Ahmed speaks with Zephaniah about his life's work and the journey that took him from his youth in Birmingham to becoming one of the UK's most distinct and relevant voices harnessing the power of poetry and the spoken word. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.0

Today we're listening back to an archive conversation with the poet and writer Benjamin Zephania who sadly passed away this week age

1:16.1

65. This is an episode of our podcast How I Found My Voice presented by journalist

1:21.5

Simir Ahmed first ad in 2019.

1:25.0

If I remember correctly, I said, I want to be a poet and he turned around and he said something like a poet have you ever seen a poet skin a rabbit?

1:43.0

No. It's hard for people to understand if I can get arrested on a Friday, kept in a police station,

1:56.8

Saturday, Sunday, Monday, beaten every day until about Wednesday.

2:02.0

Beaton most of the time with a mattress and bedding around these.

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