Answer the following question: Facts: - birth name: benjamin obadiah iqbal zephaniah - genre: poetry , teen fiction - spouse: amina -lrb- m. 1990 divorced 2001 -rrb- - birth date: 15 april 1958 - name: benjamin zephaniah - movement: rastafari movement - nationality: british - image: benjamin zephaniah university of hull.jpg - birth place: handsworth , birmingham , england - occupation: poet , playwright , author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of benjamin zephaniah .
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benjamin obadiah iqbal zephaniah -lrb- born 15 april 1958 , birmingham , england -rrb- is a british jamaican writer , dub poet and rastafari .he was included in '' the times '' list of britain 's top 50 post-war writers in 2008 .