Guerre and Shalom

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The two British Benjamins

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Today marks the sad death of the Afro-Caribbean British poet Benjamin Zephaniah, the writer of my favourite poem “The British”; a work which I’ve taught many times in the classroom. It speaks of the diversity of the country and the essence of our multi-national and multi-ethnic nationality; Britain has been a nation of immigrants from the …

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