Too Black, Too Strong

Too Black, Too Strong is a collection of poems by British Rastafarian writer and dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah, and was published in 2001 by Bloodaxe Books Ltd. The readily available paperback version (ISBN 1-85224-554-9) was first published in Britain in 2001.

The Poems

The volume consists of 41 poems, which are:

#Bought And Sold
#What If
#Breakfast in East Timor
#What Stephen Lawrence Has Taught Us
#To Ricky Reel
#To Michael Menser
#Having a Word
#Reminders
#Appeal Dismissed
#Chant of a Homesick Nigga
#This Be The Worst
#Time
#The Woman Has to Die
#Kill Them Before Ramadan
#The Empire Comes Back
#The Men From Jamaica Are Settling Down
#I Neva Shot De Sheriff
#Carnival Days
#Naked
#Adultery
#Going Cheap
#Christmas Has Been Shot
#Two Dozen Babylon
#Three Black Males
#We People Too
#Anti-Slavery Movements
#Knowing Me
#The Race Industry
#Biko the Greatness
#Derry Sunday
#The One Minutes of Silence
#The Drunk on Green Street
#The Ride
#To Do Wid Me
#Nu Blue Suede Shoes
#The Approved School of Reggae
#Do Something Illegal
#Translate
#The London Breed
#Heroes
#The Big Bang