Context

• Author of "We Refugees"

  Benjamin Zephaniah
• Benjamin Zephaniah


  • A Rastari who grew up in Birmingham.
  • Experienced racism and struggled with dyslexia in school.
  • Rejected an OBE because he didn't want the word "Empire" associated with him.
• "We Refugees" - Form


  Free verse - shows the uncertainty and how none of us are safe from being a refugee.
• "We Refugees"


  • Represents the voice of all refugees.
  • Shows the persecution and discrimination many people face and how there are many ways people can end up as refugees.
  • Climate change affects the poorer communities most.