Pro-Palestine poet Benjamin Zephaniah passes away

The British-Barbadian-Jamaican poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah passes away at age 65 after a battle with a brain tumour. The veteran anti-racist campaigner was a life-long passionate supporter of the Palestinian people's quest for freedom, justice and peace.

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