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Celebrating Impact: Benjamin Zephaniah
I had heard of Benjamin in the 90s, having read his very clever and talented poetic creations that speaks life as it is, but I had never met him. Then, out of the blue, a BBC TV producer called me to ask if I would do an interview on a special topic relating to the British public honours system. He wanted two of us for the interview, me and this awesome poet called Benjamin Zephaniah. I didn't know it then, but it seemed we both shared an uncompromising principle - that of standing up for what we believe in. We had turned down nominations for a public award: Benjamin for an OBE, and I for a peerage to the House of Lords. Our reasons were also similar.
By Elaine Sihera2 years ago in Poets
