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
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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
"Theatricks" (2000) by Kinobe