African Stream I won’t accept award from British Monarch #Shorts

🎯 Загружено автоматически через бота: 🚫 Оригинал видео: 📺 Данное видео является собственностью канала African Stream. Оно представлено в нашем сообществе исключительно в информационных, научных, образовательных или культурных целях. Наше сообщество не утверждает никаких прав на данное видео. Пожалуйста, поддержите автора, посетив его оригинальный канал: @AfricanStream. ✉️ Если у вас есть претензии к авторским правам на данное видео, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами по почте support@, и мы немедленно удалим его. 📃 Оригинальное описание: Africans worldwide mourn the loss of our dear brother, Benjamin Zephaniah, who died yesterday, with his wife by his side after being diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago. Zephaniah, 65, was a poet, novelist, playwright, singer, actor and campaigner, born and raised in Birmingham, England, to a Barbados-born postman and a Jamaican nurse. He was known for his artistic activism against racism, poverty, slavery and social injustice. Zephaniah faced challenges throughout his life; he grew up in poverty, was not gifted with reading and writing, and he was expelled from school. But he turned his life around by getting involved in alternative comedy and playing music in what became known as ’The Benjamin Zephaniah Band,’ which performed reggae music and called for the release of Nelson Mandela. The South African anti-apartheid fighter would later, as a free man, share a stage with Zephaniah. Our brother was a pioneer, one of the first Africans to regularly appear on British television while staying true to his roots. In 2003, Zephaniah turned down the award of an OBE, the Order of the British Empire, clarifying it would be hypocritical to accept it, as he had been fighting colonialism and slavery in the British Empire all of his life. We thought it would be best to remember our brother through this viral clip from ’The Big Narstie Show,’ where he explains beautifully how his integrity and principles could never be compromised. Despite his immense success, Zephaniah remained critical of the establishment and continued to speak out against injustice until the very end. The artist and activist left a ’huge body of poems, literature, music, television and radio,’ his loved ones announced on his Instagram page. May he rest in power and eternal peace. #BigNarstieShow #BenjaminZephaniah #BrainTumor #Birmingham #England #Barbados #Poet #Racism #Poverty #Slavery #RestInPeace #RIP --------------------SOCIAL----------------------- FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - TIKTOK - @africanstream TWITTER -