Complete Works of Benjamin Zephaniah

 

COMPLETE WORKS OF BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH

 

For those newly introduced to Benjamin Zephaniah, the International Writers Association has curated a comprehensive list of his entire body of work, provided below. To delve deeper into his literary contributions, please visit his official website at https://benjaminzephaniah.com/.

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POETRY

• Pen Rhythm (1980)
• The Dread Affair: Collected Poems (1985), Arena
• City Psalms (1992), Bloodaxe Books
• Inna Liverpool (1992), AK Press
• Talking Turkeys (1994), Puffin Books
• Propa Propaganda (1996), Bloodaxe Books
• Funky Chickens (1997), Puffin
• School's Out: Poems Not for School (1997), AK Press
• Funky Turkeys (Audiobook) (1999), AB hntj
• White Comedy (Unknown)
• Wicked World! (2000), Puffin
• Too Black, Too Strong (2001), Bloodaxe Books
• The Little Book of Vegan Poems (2001), AK Press
• Reggae Head (Audiobook), 57 Productions

NOVELS

• Face (1999), Bloomsbury (published in children's and adult editions)
• Refugee Boy (2001), Bloomsbury
• Gangsta Rap (2004), Bloomsbury
• Teacher's Dead (2007), Bloomsbury
• Terror Kid (2014), Bloomsbury

BIOGRAPHIES

• We Sang Across the Sea: The Empire Windrush and Me (2022), a biography of Mona Baptiste written by Zephaniah and illustrated by Onyinye Iwu.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

• We are Britain (2002), Frances Lincoln Publishers
• Primary Rhyming Dictionary (2004), Chambers Harrap
• J is for Jamaica (2006), Frances Lincoln
• My Story (2011), Collins
• When I Grow Up (2011), Frances Lincoln

OTHER

• Kung Fu Trip (2011), Bloomsbury
• The Life And Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah (2018), Simon & Schuster

PLAYS

• Playing the Right Tune (1985)
• Job Rocking (1987). Published in Black Plays: 2, ed. Yvonne Brewster, Methuen Drama, 1989.
• Delirium (1987)
• Streetwise (1990)
• Mickey Tekka (1991)
• Listen to Your Parents (included in Theatre Centre: Plays for Young People – Celebrating 50 Years of Theatre Centre (2003) Aurora Metro, also published by Longman, 2007)
• Face: The Play (with Richard Conlon)

ACTING ROLES

• Didn't You Kill My Brother? (1987) – Rufus
• Farendj (1989) – Moses
• Dread Poets' Society (1992) – Andy Wilson
• Truth or Dairy (1994) – The Vegan Society (UK)
• Crucial Tales (1996) – Richard's father
• Making the Connection (2010) – Environment Films / The Vegan Society (UK)
• Peaky Blinders (2013–2022) – Jeremiah Jesus

DISCOGRAPHY

ALBUMS

• Rasta (1982), Upright (reissued 1989), Workers Playtime (UK Indie #22)
• Us An Dem (1990), Island
• Back to Roots (1995), Acid Jazz
• Belly of De Beast (1996), Ariwa
• Naked (2005), One Little Indian
• Naked & Mixed-Up (2006), One Little Indian (Benjamin Zephaniah Vs. Rodney-P)
• Revolutionary Minds (2017), Fane Productions

SINGLES, EPS

• Dub Ranting EP (1982), Radical Wallpaper
• "Big Boys Don't Make Girls Cry" 12-inch single (1984), Upright
• "Free South Africa" (1986)
• "Crisis" 12-inch single (1992), Workers Playtime

GUEST APPEARANCES

• "Empire" (1995) Bomb the Bass with Zephaniah & Sinéad O'Connor
• Heading for the Door by Back to Base (2000) MPR Records
• Open Wide (2004) Dubioza kolektiv (C) & (P) Gramofon
• Rebel by Toddla T (2009) 1965 Records
• "Illegal" (2000) from "Himawari" by Swayzak
• "Theatricks" (2000) by Kinobe