In the early 1980s, while working as a caterer, he started attending the Liverpool 8 Writers Workshop and decided to become a performance poet.

He has also worked with the Ghanaian drum-and-dance ensemble Delado, the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, jazz musician Dennis Rollins, and his own reggae band, Ministry of Love.

Currently, Tafari is preparing a new collection of poems, experimenting in the recording studio with new sounds along with guitarist Eiko Falckenberg and he continues to perform his work in venues across the globe.

In early 2009, Tafari worked with children from Elmgrove Primary School in Belfast for their live performance in St George's Market.

In 2023, Tafari became a Citizen of Honour, which was awarded to him at Liverpool Town Hall by Lord Mayor, Cllr Roy Gladden.