Too Black, Too Strong

This collection is Benjamin Zephaniah’s first new book of poems in five years. It addresses the struggles of black Britain more forcefully than all his previous books. With poems like Chant of a Homesick Nigga and Kill Them Before Ramadan, he shows that he’s a poet who won’t stay silent, who doesn’t pull any punches, writing out of a sense of urgency and a commitment to social justice. He opens this hard-hitting and blackly funny book of poems with an outspoken comment on where he’s coming from, setting his poetry against the political landscape of Britain.