Editing Benjamin Zephaniah (section)

==Music==
In 1982, Zephaniah released the album ''Rasta'', which featured [[Wailers Band|the Wailers]]' first recording since the death of [[Bob Marley]] as well as a tribute to the political prisoner (later to become South African president) [[Nelson Mandela]]. The album gained Zephaniah international prestige<ref name="brighton">{{cite web|title=Brighton Magazine – Benjamin Zephaniah: Well Read Rastafarian Poet Comes To Lewes|url=http://magazine.brighton.co.uk/Clubs-and-Music/Reviews/Benjamin_Zephaniah_Well_Read_Rastafarian_Poet_Comes_To_Lewes/21_45_2223#a|work=Magazine.brighton.co.uk|first=Mike |last=Cobley|date=21 June 2023|access-date=18 June 2013|archive-date=15 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215142842/https://magazine.brighton.co.uk/Clubs-and-Music/Reviews/Benjamin_Zephaniah_Well_Read_Rastafarian_Poet_Comes_To_Lewes/21_45_2223#a|url-status=live}}</ref> and topped the [[Yugoslavia]]n pop charts.<ref name="Larkin" /><ref name="brighton" /> It was because of this recording that he was introduced to Mandela, and in 1996, Mandela requested that Zephaniah host the president's Two Nations Concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], London.<ref name="Maciuca"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Benjamin Zephaniah – Nelson Mandela {{!}} urbanimage.tv|url=https://urbanimage.photoshelter.com/image/I0000XMNIQyA3fPw|access-date=29 April 2021|website=urbanimage.photoshelter.com|archive-date=15 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215142843/https://www.urbanimage.tv/image/I0000XMNIQyA3fPw|url-status=live}}</ref>

Zephaniah released a total of seven albums of original music.<ref name="Telegraph-obit" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Kevin |last=Perry |title=Benjamin Zephaniah interview about ''Naked'' |url=http://thebeaverdialogues.blogspot.com/2006/03/benjamin-zephaniah-interview.html |publisher=[[The Beaver (newspaper)|The Beaver]] |date=7 March 2006 |access-date=29 September 2010 |location=London |archive-date=8 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708065705/http://thebeaverdialogues.blogspot.com/2006/03/benjamin-zephaniah-interview.html |url-status=live }}</ref>