British dub poet, political activist with Jamaican roots, dies at 65

over 1 year in Jamaica Gleaner

LONDON (AP): Benjamin Zephaniah, a British poet and political activist who drew huge inspiration from his Caribbean roots – a Jamaican mother and a Barbadian father – has died. He was 65. Zephaniah died Thursday after being diagnosed with a brain...

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