{"product_id":"propa-propaganda-paperback","title":"Propa Propaganda - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Zephaniah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePropa Propaganda\u003c\/em\u003e was Benjamin Zephaniah's second collection from Bloodaxe. It includes some of his best-known poems, including 'I Have a Scheme', 'The Death of Joy Gardner', 'White Comedy' and 'The Angry Black Poet'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known for his performance poetry with a political edge for adults - and his poetry with attitude for children - Zephaniah had his own rap\/reggae band. He produced numerous recordings, including \u003cem\u003eDub Ranting\u003c\/em\u003e (1982), \u003cem\u003eRasta\u003c\/em\u003e (1983), \u003cem\u003eUs and Dem\u003c\/em\u003e (1990), \u003cem\u003eBack to Roots\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), \u003cem\u003eBelly of de Beast\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) and \u003cem\u003eNaked\u003c\/em\u003e (2004). He was the first person to record with the Wailers after the death of Bob Marley, in a musical tribute to Nelson Mandela, which Mandela heard while in prison on Robben Island. Their later meetings led to Zephaniah working with children in South African townships and hosting the President's Two Nations Concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis first book of poems, \u003cem\u003ePen Rhythm\u003c\/em\u003e, was produced in 1980 by a small East London publishing cooperative, Page One Books. His second collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Dread Affair\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Hutchinson's short-lived Arena imprint in 1985. He published three collections with Bloodaxe, \u003cem\u003eCity Psalms\u003c\/em\u003e (1992), \u003cem\u003ePropa Propaganda\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) and \u003cem\u003eToo Black Too Strong\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), the latter including poems written while working with Michael Mansfield QC and other Tooks barristers on the Stephen Lawrence case. \u003cem\u003eTo Do Wid Me\u003c\/em\u003e, filmed by Pamela Robertson-Pearce (Bloodaxe Books, 2013), includes a full-length feature film on DVD with all the poems performed in the film - taken from all three of his collections - included in the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest-known for his performance poetry with a political edge for adults - and his poetry with attitude for children - Benjamin Zephaniah has his own rap\/reggae band and has made many recordings. He grew up in Jamaica and in Handsworth, Birmingham, where he was sent to an approved school for being uncontrollable, rebellious and 'a born failure', ending up in jail for burglary. After prison he turned from crime to music and poetry. In 1989 he was nominated for Oxford Professor of Poetry, and has since received honorary doctorates from several English universities, but famously refused to accept a nomination for an OBE in 2003. He was voted Britain's 3rd favourite poet of all time (after T.S. Eliot and John Donne) in a BBC poll in 2009. In 2011 he was poet-in-residence at Keats House in 2011, and then made a radical career change by taking up his first ever academic position as a chair in Creative Writing at Brunel University in West London. He has appeared in a number of television programmes, including Eastenders, The Bill, Live and Kicking, Blue Peter and Wise Up, and played Gower in a BBC Radio 3 production of Shakespeare's Pericles in 2005. He was the first person to record with the Wailers after the death of Bob Marley, in a musical tribute to Nelson Mandela, which Mandela heard while in prison on Robben Island. Their later meetings led to Zephaniah working with children in South African townships and hosting the President's Two Nations Concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1996. His first book of poems, Pen Rhythm, was produced in 1980 by a small East London publishing cooperative, Page One Books. His second collection, The Dread Affair, was published by Hutchinson's short-lived Arena imprint in 1985. He then published three collections with Bloodaxe, City Psalms (1992), Propa Propaganda (1996) and Too Black Too Strong (2001), the latter including poems written while working with Michael Mansfield QC and other Tooks barristers on the Stephen Lawrence case, followed by the DVD-book To Do Wid Me (2013) with a full-length feature film by Pamela Robertson-Pearce. His latest book is his autobiography, The Life and Rhymes and Benjamin Zephaniah (Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 2018). His other titles include poetry books for children from Puffin\/Penguin and novels for teenagers from Bloomsbury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 82\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704177856575,"sku":"9781852243722","price":21.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c103734300c55c537f5f02b00be17f63.webp?v=1765032317","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/propa-propaganda-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}