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Poet. Born 1958 in Birmingham of Jamaican parents. Living in a large family in the Lozells district of Handsworth in Birmingham his childhood was not without incident, being expelled from school, getting into trouble with the police, being sent to a reform school and culminating with a prison sentence for a crime he did not commit. On release, in 1979, he moved to London, where he became involved in a workers co-operative which led to the publication of his first booklet of poetry. He took to "performance poetry" making a strong impression leading to wide media coverage. During the 1990's he has frequently acted and performed at festivals and appeared on television and radio and was asked to contribute to a government task force dealing with creativity within the National Curriculum.
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