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Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (né Springer; 15 April 1958 – 7 December 2023) was a British writer, dub poet, actor, musician and professor of poetry and creative writing. He was included in The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008.
‘Talking Turkeys’ writer and activist was diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago
“Benjamin’s wife was by his side throughout and … Benjamin Zephaniah, a British poet, writer and actor who played the role of Jeremiah Jesus in “Peaky Blinders,” has died. He was 65.
Benjamin Zephaniah, a profound poet and actor who appeared on the hit series Peaky Blinders, has died. He was 65. ... “Benjamin’s wife was by his side throughout and was with him when he ...
Benjamin Zephaniah. Jeremiah "Jimmy" Jesus (played by Benjamin Zephaniah) is a Jamaican born street preacher, who is friends with Thomas Shelby and the Peaky Blinders. He fought in the war alongside Tommy, and has been a close ally ever since. He is also the father of Isiah Jesus.
‘Talking Turkeys’ writer and activist was diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago
Among those paying tribute to the late poet was his Peaky Blinders co-star Cillian Murphy.
In the article entitled "A Postcolonial Approach to Contemporary Refugee Literature: Benjamin Zephaniah's Refugee Boy", Sercan Hamza Bağlama points out that the novel "fictionalises the refugee experience in a 'strange' land and exposes the traumatic effects of war and politics upon innocent people through its 14-year-old Eritrean-Ethiopian protagonist, Alem Kelo, who has fled the war and ...