Zephaniah in Blogs

Here are some posts on Benjamin Zephaniah which I find worth reading:

• A review of one of Zephaniah’s novels in a site which aims at encouraging people to read.

• A British teacher of creative writing living in Malaysia who used to work in the school Benjamin went to. She gives an interesting account of her experience as white middleclass teacher working with Jamaican descent students. You can also read what she thinks about his show in Kuala Lumpur. (You should also follow her links.)
  

• A student from Malaysia writing about BZ performance in her school.

• An enthusiastic account of BZ performance in Calcutta.

• An interesting article about BZ.

• White Comedy: glossary
  

This foto was taken in a performance in Palestine. OneGroove_012.JPG
Originally uploaded by cactusbones.

Benjamin Zephaniah

If you want to read more poems by Benjamin Zephaniah, visit his website.

There is an open space for people to publish their poems and letters and he also suggests some tips on how to find your own rhythm ; he provides hints like this: “You know if you have rhythm or not, so if it don’t fit don’t force it. Forget the contract, forget your peers, and be honest. You must be able to look your writing in the face the next morning”.

by mardy1.

Just to see how popular his poems are have a look at these windows in Sheffield. Isn’t it amazing? Wouldn’t you like to have windows like these here in Buenos Aires? Which poet would you choose?

White Comedy: Glossary

Same Difference

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We’ve read and talked about cultural influences and immigration. We’ve talked about fitting in or feeling left out. All the expressions we’ve learnt are implicit in Same Difference by Alex Maskall (2005), a one minute film about isolation in a new community.

The video is uploaded in theoneminutesjr. network, a non-commercial community which gives young people (between the ages of 12 and 20) the opportunity to have their voices heard.

We are going to learn how to write film reviews later on, but anyway I’d really like to know what you think about this film. You can double post your comment, here and in theoneminutesjr website.