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One of the UK’s most popular performers, Levi Tafari, whose parents are from Jamaica, was named Liverpool’s latest Citizen of Honour on 22 February.

The Lord Mayor, Cllr Roy Gladden, presented Levi with the honour at Liverpool Town Hall.

Levi was raised in Liverpool, studied classical French cuisine, and graduated with distinction from catering college Whilst working in catering, he began attending the Liverpool 8 Writers Workshop and eventually left catering to become a writer and performer.

Levi has worked locally, nationally and internationally, from Africa to the Caribbean and Europe to America. He has had four collections of poetry published, and his plays performed at the Unity, Everyman and Playhouse Theatres in Liverpool, and The Blackheath Theatre in Stafford.

He performed at the High Commission’s Virtual International Men’s Day celebration last November.

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