Benjamin Zephaniah is a poet and writer from the United Kingdom. In 1982, he was also able to release Rasta, a globally recognized spoken-word album.

What is his Net worth?

Benjamin Zephaniah has a net worth of $1.1 million, according to idol net worth, and his major source of income must be his work as a poet and writer.

Early life

Benjamin Zephaniah was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, on April 15, 1958. He is 63 years old and born under the sign of Aries. His full name is Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah, and he is a British national.

Benjamin’s parents’ names are unavailable at this time. He is the son of a Barbadian postal worker and a Jamaican nurse, though. Velda Zephaniah, his sister, is also his sibling. His parents reared him in Birmingham, England’s Handsworth neighbourhood, which he refers to as the “Jamaican capital of Europe.” He is dyslexic and attended an approved school as a youngster, but he left when he was 13 years old since he was unable to read or write. Zephaniah also went to Broadway Academy.

Professional Life and Career
Benjamin Zephaniah’s poetry is influenced by Jamaican music and poetry, as well as what he refers to as “street politics.” And, at the age of 11, he gave his first performance in church, and by the age of 15, his poetry was already well-known within Handsworth’s Afro-Caribbean and Asian populations. 

He was also a poet in residence in Michael Mansfield QC’s chambers, where he sat in on the inquiry into Bloody Sunday and other cases. His Too Black, Too Strong poetry collection (2001), We Are Britain! (2002), and other works were inspired by these encounters. Talking Turkeys, his first collection of poetry for children, was published in 1994. He also authored Face, a novel for teens, in 1999, the first of four novels he has written to date. He was also able to write the forward to Hsiao-Hung Pai’s Angry White People: Coming Face-to-Face with the British Far-Right in 2016.

Status of the Relationship

Benjamin Zephaniah has been married to Amina, a theatrical administrator, for twelve years. In the year 2001, they divorced. When they were together, he even admitted to beating her. He also said that he had assaulted several of his previous women. His family was also Christian, but he converted to Rastafari at an early age. In his forties, he also stopped consuming marijuana. Zephaniah is an Aston Villa F.C. supporter and the patron of an Aston Villa supporters’ website.

Social Media

Benjamin Zephaniah has 68.1K followers on his Twitter account, which he calls “BZephaniah.” He is very active on Facebook, where he now has 54K followers.