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What I see in the mirror: Benjamin Zephaniah

From The Guardian

Published 30 January 2010

'I am 51, but look younger. My doctor thinks it is my veganism'I get up, look in the mirror, pout my lips, raise my eyebrows, wink and think, "Wow, it all works!" Then I go for a run, in celebration of being alive.My dreads are part of the Rasta­-farian idea. Rastafarianism was a backlash against black people who felt the need to copy white ­people, to lighten up and straighten their hair. We have white…