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• “Verse of Fire”: A Conversation with Benjamin Zephaniah

  Posted: September 2, 2010, 2:20 pm by Storymoja Africa

  Sunday 3rd October 4pm to 6pm In “Bought and Sold,” Benjamin Zephaniah asks, “What happened to the verse of fire”? “Smart big awards and prize money,” he warns, are “killing off black poetry.” Poets who seek commercial approval risk losing their ability to find what Zephaniah terms “de magic poem,” a poem that “can ease [...]

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