Benjamin Zephaniah Brings Poetry to Our Hearts

Guest Author: Dorothy Johnson-Laird Twitter:    @MusicIntoWords Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/African-Music-Into-Words In July at Club Inégales, in London, Benjamin Zephaniah woke up the crowd with his poetry.  Like a fire cracker going off in the night sky, within minutes, he can shift from humor, to anger, to poignancy and have the audience journey with him. This is a master at work. A Dub poet of Jamaican descent, he performs with reggae music or often inspired by its rhythm. He uses words to affect people’s consciences. He engages  audiences worldwide on questions of identity, justice and what it means to be a Black…