Rap poet to perform at St James
The British rap poet Benjamin Zephaniah is coming to Malta to perform his poetry and meet writers and students in various schools. He will be performing at St James Cavalier, in Valletta on Thursday and Friday at 7.30 p.m. On Wednesday he will be...
The British rap poet Benjamin Zephaniah is coming to Malta to perform his poetry and meet writers and students in various schools.
He will be performing at St James Cavalier, in Valletta on Thursday and Friday at 7.30 p.m.
On Wednesday he will be leading an interactive session with local writers at St. James Cavalier at 7.30 p.m.
The three events are open to the public.
Mr Zephaniah will also be taking part in the official launching of the Klandestini project at St James Cavalier on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The project is for emerging writers in five Mediterranean countries which is being coordinated by Inizjamed and the British Council in collaboration with the St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity.
Mr Zephaniah was declared Poet of the Year by London magazine City Limits in 1983 and 1985 and was short-listed for Oxford Professor of Poetry.
He has recently acted on BBC TV and radio plays and performed poetry at gigs, festivals and charity events.
Tickets for his performances cost Lm3 and are available from St James Cavalier.
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