Editing Benjamin Zephaniah (section)

===Animal rights and veganism===
Zephaniah became a [[vegetarian]] at the age of 11,<ref name="guard-28dec2022">{{cite news |last1=Zephaniah |first1=Benjamin |title='I'll stop saying I don't eat meat – and tell people I don't eat animals': the thing I'll do differently in 2023 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/28/benjamin-zephaniah-tell-people-i-dont-eat-animals-thing-ill-do-differently |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 December 2022 |archive-date=28 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228100434/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/28/benjamin-zephaniah-tell-people-i-dont-eat-animals-thing-ill-do-differently |url-status=live }}</ref> and then became a [[vegan]] at the age of 13,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ridgers|first=Karin|title=Benjamin Zephaniah: The Interview|url=https://www.veganfoodandliving.com/vegan-lifestyle/interviews/benjamin-zephaniah-interview/#:~:text=Turning%20vegan%20at%2013%20Benjamin,ram%20veganism%20down%20peoples%20throats%E2%80%9D.|access-date=29 April 2021|website=www.veganfoodandliving.com|date=4 July 2016|language=en-GB|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429185704/https://www.veganfoodandliving.com/vegan-lifestyle/interviews/benjamin-zephaniah-interview/#:~:text=Turning%20vegan%20at%2013%20Benjamin,ram%20veganism%20down%20peoples%20throats%E2%80%9D.|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=17 July 2010|title=Interview: Benjamin Zephaniah|first=John|last=Hind|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/18/benjamin-zephaniah-life-on-a-plate|access-date=29 April 2021|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501052412/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/18/benjamin-zephaniah-life-on-a-plate|url-status=live}}</ref> when he read poems about "shimmering fish floating in an underwater paradise, and birds flying free in the clear blue sky".

He was an honorary patron of [[The Vegan Society]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vegansociety.com/html/about_us/patrons.php |title=Honorary Patrons |publisher=Vegansociety.com |access-date=10 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928042755/http://www.vegansociety.com/html/about_us/patrons.php |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref> [[Viva! (organisation)|Viva!]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Benjamin Zephaniah |url=https://viva.org.uk/lifestyle/living-vegan/celebrities/writers/benjamin-zephaniah/ |website=Viva! The Vegan Charity |orig-date=Original date 6 November 2020 |date=2024-02-23}}</ref> and [[EVOLVE! Campaigns]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.evolvecampaigns.org.uk/ |title=Evolve Campaigns |publisher=EVOLVE! Campaigns |access-date=10 May 2011 |archive-date=15 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215142843/http://evolvecampaigns.org.uk/evolve/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> and was an [[animal rights]] advocate. In 2004, he wrote the foreword to [[Keith Mann]]'s book ''From Dusk 'til Dawn: An insider's view of the growth of the Animal Liberation Movement'', a book about the [[Animal Liberation Front]]. In August 2007, he announced that he would be launching the Animal Liberation Project, alongside [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arkangelweb.org/international/uk/20070801benjaminzephaniah.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417015512/http://www.arkangelweb.org/international/uk/20070801benjaminzephaniah.php|url-status=dead|title=UK {{!}} Benjamin Zephaniah set to launch 'Animal Liberation Project'|archivedate=17 April 2008|website=[[Arkangel (magazine)|Arkangel Magazine]]|date=1 August 2007}}</ref> In February 2001, his book ''The Little Book of Vegan Poems'' was published by [[AK Press]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Little Book Of Vegan Poems by Benjamin Zephaniah {{!}} Waterstones|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-little-book-of-vegan-poems/benjamin-zephaniah/9781902593333|access-date=29 April 2021|website=www.waterstones.com|language=en|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429185702/https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-little-book-of-vegan-poems/benjamin-zephaniah/9781902593333|url-status=live}}</ref>