Benjamin Zephaniah quotes

Benjamin Zephaniah quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“This planet is for everyone, borders are for no one. It's all about freedom.”
-- Benjamin Zephaniah

Source : Benjamin Zephaniah (2011). “Refugee Boy”, p.124, Bloomsbury Publishing

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“The way animals are carted around reminds me of the slavery of my people... The slavery of animals has to be ended too.”
-- Benjamin Zephaniah

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“Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless.”
-- Benjamin Zephaniah

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“The stage has been reached where our armed forces should withdraw beyond the borders It's not the end. It's the start of a new era.”
“We let 50,000 Jewish intellectuals get across the border. Just as I wanted Lebensraum for Germany, I thought Jews should have a Lebensraum for themselves--outside of Germany.”
“Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of the limitations of our present instruments, and of politics, to meet its challenges.”
“Poetry feels like a country I visit without a passport, where I look around furtively, grab hold of something precious, and try to smuggle it back across the border. Any poem I get written down feels like contraband to me.”
“This planet is for everyone, borders are for no one. It's all about freedom.”

Source : Benjamin Zephaniah (2011). “Refugee Boy”, p.124, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Life on the planet is born of woman.”
“When you leave the planet, you leave music behind.”
“Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.”
“Activism is my rent for living on the planet.”
“Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet.”

Source : "Surfer-Physicist's Unified Theory Leads to Fame, Backlash". Interview with Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. February 27, 2008.

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