Wicked World!

by Zephaniah, Benjamin

• ISBN13: 9780141306834
• ISBN10: 0141306831
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-06-01
• Publisher: INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP

Summary

A cool and happening collection of poems from the inimitable Benjamin Zephaniah

Welcome to the wild and wicked words of Benjamin Zephaniah.

You'll find loads of cool people who make up our world in this rapping, happening hip-hop collection. From the South Pole to Mongolia and the Himalayas, this is a real world tour of poems about people and places, cultures and nationalities across our planet. Includes poems about Inuits, Celts, the history of Britain, Maories, the Dalai Lama, the North and South Poles, and much more - a rhyming round-the-world trip.

 

Author Biography

Benjamin Zephaniah was born in Birmingham and then spent some of his early years in Jamaica. He came to London when he was 22 and his first book of poetry for adults was published soon after. He appears regularly on TV and radio, and at literary festivals, and has also taken part in plays and films. He is very active in his local community and his writing goes hand in hand with his interest in politics.