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Book SynopsisToo Black Too Strong is Benjamin Zephaniah's third collection from Bloodaxe. 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. The book includes poems written while working with Michael Mansfield QC and other Tooks barristers on the Stephen Lawrence case.
Table of Contents9 What Am I Going On About? 15 Bought And Sold 17 What If 18 Breakfast in East Timor 20 What Stephen Lawrence Has Taught Us 22 To Ricky Reel 24 To Michael Menser 25 Having a Word 26 Reminders 27 Appeal Dismissed 28 Chant of a Homesick Nigga 30 This Be The Worst 31 Time 32 The Woman Has to Die 33 Kill Them Before Ramadan 34 The Empire Comes Back 35 The Men From Jamaica Are Settling Down 41 I Neva Shot De Sheriff 45 Carnival Days 47 Naked 51 Adultery 52 Going Cheap 53 Christmas Has Been Shot 55 Two Dozen Babylon 56 Three Black Males 57 We People Too 61 Anti-Slavery Movements 62 Knowing Me 65 The Race Industry 66 Biko the Greatness 68 Derry Sunday 69 The One Minutes of Silence 72 The Drunk on Green Street 73 The Ride 74 To Do Wid Me 78 Nu Blue Suede Shoes 80 The Approved School of Reggae 82 Do Something Illegal 83 Translate 84 The London Breed 85 Heroes 86 The Big Bang
