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4 years

Pleased to announce that I am now represented by literary agent Charles Walker at United Agents. #MalikAlNasir #LiteraryAgent #UnitedAgents #BookDeal

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@MalikAndTheOGs

4 years

Today I received confirmation that I have been formally admitted to University of Cambridge - St Catherine’s College - to commence my PhD research on “Guiana’s sugar & slave merchants influence on the wider slave economy 1790-1840.” #universityofcambridge #MalikAlNasir #Slavery

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I was homeless, semi-literate, traumatised & broke & a simple act of kindness by Gil Scott-Heron changed my life. It happened to me in 1984, now I’m changing laws, writing books & doing a PhD @Cambridge_Uni #KindnessGoesViral @SteveHartmanCBS #Kindness101

'Gil Scott-Heron saved my life'

After a traumatic childhood Abdul Malik Al Nasir seemed to be heading for jail or an early death. Then, at the age of 18, he met the famous poet and musician – with remarkable consequences

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Finally - moved to Cambridge and formally matriculated at St Catherine’s College University of Cambridge - I’m now officially studying for my PhD #cambridge #MalikAlNasir #PhD #NewStart @Catz_Cambridge @Cambridge_Uni @MuslimsInBritRN #slavery #research #GUYANA

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Today @DawnButlerBrent raised my case in @UKParliament regarding the propriety of MP’s and former MP’s to ask for their family history to be forgotten. She also asked that Parliamentarians who’s ancestors were connected to the slave trade to cooperate with this research. 🙏🏽👊🏾😇

Dawn Butler MP✊🏾💙

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It should not be made easy to erase the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade, family links and wealth amassed as a result. These are difficult but necessary conversations. @MalikAndTheOGs @Catz_Cambridge 1/2

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"Sandbach Tinne's enslaved Africans were worked to death on their plantations and accounted for in the financial accounts amongst livestock and when they died, their perceived asset value was written off under the "negro account". #AcademicFreedom #Slavery

Former MP asks to be removed from slavery research - BBC News

Antoinette Sandbach, a descendent of a slave owner, argues she has a right to privacy.

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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'Gil Scott-Heron saved my life' was published in 2011 but gives a more in-depth insight into my dear friend & mentor. If it was not for Gil I’d never be going to @Catz_Cambridge to do my PhD. RIP #GilScottHeron

'Gil Scott-Heron saved my life'

After a traumatic childhood Abdul Malik Al Nasir seemed to be heading for jail or an early death. Then, at the age of 18, he met the famous poet and musician – with remarkable consequences

www.theguardian.com

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My opinion piece in the i newspaper today on academic freedom and the legacies of slavery, for those who suffer those legacies and those who enjoy privilege from them. #MalikAlNasir #Slavery #SandbachTinne

Research into the Sandbachs who enslaved my ancestors is a quest for the truth – not an attack

We have to accept the truth of historical research, whether it involves suffering racism, or enjoying generational wealth

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Malik Al Nasir @MalikAndTheOGs is pleased to announce that I have been accepted @ Univesity of Cambridge @Cambridge_Uni @Catz_Cambridge for a PhD “Guiana's sugar & slave merchants' influence on the wider slave economy, 1790-1840“ based on my archive from my slave owner ancestors.

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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I can’t believe the response to my story on the BBC, which received 1m views within 24 hrs with an avg read time of over 3 min per person. l’ve receied messages of support from all over the world 🌎 I thank everyone who’s supported me in this endeavour, directly or indirectly. 🙏🏽

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

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Poet Malik Al Nasir is on a journey to find his roots as a black Liverpudlian It has taken him back in time and halfway around the world - before returning him to the city where he began

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Look who I bumped into ⁦ @Cambridge_Uni ⁩ my old chum ⁦ @lemnsissay ⁩ #TwoPoets #Cambridge #kingsCollege

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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I’m delighted to announce that I got a full scholarship to @Cambridge_Uni University of Cambridge & @Catz_Cambridge So grateful to all those who supported me and believed in me. Thank you all. ✊🏿🙏🏽✌🏿✅ #PhD #imgoingtocambridge #MalikAlNasir #CatzCambridge #Slavery #ReparationsNow

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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I’ll be discussing my ancestor Andrew Watson the worlds - 1st black footballer - on the 100th anniversary of his death. The black son of a Scottish slave trader, who was born in Demerara & raised as a Victorian gentleman in England & Scotland. Tickets available here #MalikAlNasir

Diverse Histories +

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Guyana SPEAKS - The Life and Legacy of Andrew Watson (1856 - 1921) 8 MARCH ONLINE Son of a Scottish plantation owner and a free Guyanese woman of colour, he was the world's first black international footballer. Over 100 years later he was rediscovered

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Malik Al Nasir’s memoir ‘Letters to Gil’ tells the story of his life - including his brutal treatment in care homes as a child - & his friendship with the musician-poet Gil Scott-Heron. “Candid, eye-opening” (Independent, Books of the Month)

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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People like Gil Scott-Heron only come round once in a generation. A troubadour, an urban griot, an activist & an artist with a voice described as “A blend of mahogany, sunshine & tears” I can’t believe it’s been 10 yrs since you left us. We miss you man. #RIP #GilScottHeron #BLM

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@MalikAndTheOGs

4 years

@MattLMcDowell Thanks for sharing my story. They also covered it on Thursday in the Times

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University of Cambridge’s St Catharine’s College rebuts former MP’s legal threat over slavery reference

St Catharine’s College rebuts former MP’s legal threat over slavery reference

Cambridge academic referred to Antoinette Sandbach as a descendant of slave merchant Samuel Sandbach.

www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk

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@MalikAndTheOGs

1 year

So privileged to have received the Vice Chancellors Award for “Global Social Impact” at @Cambridge_Uni This is the culmination of years of work & I am humbled. Thanks to Dr Hank Gonzalez who believed in me & Rich McGinnis @richchibuku who supported me throughout @Catz_Cambridge

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@MalikAndTheOGs

3 years

I was blessed to have good press coverage this year, for my poetry, my book deal, my academia, my slavery research, my connections to Gil Scott-Heron & the worlds 1st Black footballer - Andrew Watson. Here’s some of the images that accompanied the articles #MalikAlNasir #Slavery

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Some of the artefacts from my Sandbach Tinne & Co. Slave owner archive including; slave ship manifests, sugar & cotton plantation records in Demerara & Berbice in British Guiana from 1808-1880 including accounts of indentured Indian & Chinese labour, as well as enslaved Africans.

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Article about me in todays Liverpool Echo. “Formerly ‘homeless & semi-literate’ man from Toxteth is about to complete ground-breaking research @Catz_Cambridge thanks to a life-changing encounter nearly 40 years ago.” #MalikAlNasir #GilScottHeron #BHM

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Great to see my ancestor Andrew Watson finally being acknowledged for his contribution to the game. Very moving to be at the graveside with Mark Walters & the Tartan Army, filming the new Watson documentary with BBC Scotland. Read my story in the Guardian

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Taken into care at age 9, thrown on the streets semi-literate at age 18, Malik Al Nasir was destitute. A chance meeting with #GilScottHeron changed his life forever. Malik discusses his memoir #LettersToGil @theBluecoat Liverpool 4/10/23 with @wowfest

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Remembering Gil Scott-Heron on his birthday. I miss you man RIP

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@MalikAndTheOGs

3 years

@rachelchinourir @ITV Absolutely absurd. Totally irresponsible, rooted in bigotry & racism. I have made my complaint to ofcom & hope others will too? You should never treat a vulnerable person like that when they disclose suicidal thoughts. It’s inhumane. @piersmorgan is shameful. #SackPiersMorgan

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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A shorter version of my slavery research story made the print edition of The Times. There is a longer version in The Times online. #slavery #MalikAlNasir #Guyana #Reparations

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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The faculty of History @Cambridge_Uni just published an article about my genealogical research, from my archive of 18th & 19th century artefacts & ephemera, tracing my ancestry back through slavery in Guiana #slavery #Demerara #MalikAlNasir #SandbachTinne

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Waiting to see one of these packed with British “Victorian housewives” as apparently according to a former Tory MP their experiences are somehow comparable. Go figure??? #SlaveShip #SandbachTinne #VictorianHousewives

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@MalikAndTheOGs

2 years

Full house last night ⁦ @edgehill ⁩ when ⁦ @DavidOlusoga ⁩ delivered a powerful seminar on the relevance of black history & the achievements of black history month, since it inception in the UK in 1987. Caught up with my old friend ⁦Cathy Butterworth who programmed it.

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Toxteth man's incredible journey from homeless teen to author

Malik Al Nasir says a chance encounter with an American musical legend sent his life down an unexpected path

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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“London Banks Urged to Pay Reparations for Historical Slavery Links - Black Lives Matter campaign triggers new calls for London financial institutions to pay for past ties to slave trade” (Wall St Journal)

London Banks Urged to Pay Reparations for Historical Slavery Links

The Black Lives Matter movement is reinvigorating a yearslong campaign to push some of London’s oldest financial institutions to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves.

www.wsj.com

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Enslaved population in British sugar colonies in 1818 (817,464). In 1832 same colonies enslaved populations reduced to 755,301. Reduction of 62,163 attributed to “hard description of toil” in sugar plantations that “tends to diminish human life”. (House of Lords 1831-32 appx. II)

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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#JeremyVine BBC Radio 2 on the 10yr anniversary of Gil Scott-Heron’s death between 1-1:30pm Thursday 27th May. I’ll be discussing Gil’s legacy & my life with Gil as featured in my new book “Letters To Gil” out 2nd Sept with @HarperCollinsUK #GilScottHeron #BBCRadio2 #MalikAlNasir

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Malik & The O.G's New Album Ft. @GilScott_Heron & @TheLastPoetsNYC out now on iTunes http://t.co/hoM8Zzn2LO

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Part of my personal Sandbach Tinne archive of 18th & 19th century personal & business letters by Samuel Sandbach; & his family. Slave plantation records P & L Acc’s, balance sheets, bills of lading, cargo manifests etc.

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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'Genealogy, Slavery and the Digital Archive' by Malik Al Nasir, @CamHistory Newsletter, Oct 2021. @Cambridge_Uni @Catz_Cambridge . Digitised archive available soon @theUL #MalikAlNasir #Archive #Slavery #SandbachTinne #Liverpool #Glasgow #Demerara #Berbice

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Pleased to announce that @Cambridge_Uni @CamDigHum (Cambridge Digital Humanities) have today made me an associate. My Sandbach Tinne slavery archive is now a digital collection, & should be available to the public next year on Cambridge Digital Library.

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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The Times covered my research recently. ‘Liverpool poet’s journey to epicentre of the slave trade. Curiosity about a family resemblance started Malik Al Nasir on 15 yrs of research revealing a complex web of wealth & connections across British society’.

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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BBC world service will be broadcasting my story at 12:06pm GMT today. Tune in.

BBC World Service - Outlook, My ancestors were both slaves and slave owners

How a black Victorian footballer led Malik Al Nasir to discover his own complex history

www.bbc.co.uk

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@MalikAndTheOGs

1 year

So humbled to be included in Ean Flanders Brand exhibit “Descendants” at @VictoriaGallery in Liverpool. It was great to see so many fellow activists from Liverpool’s Black community captured in these images. This was the private launch ahead of the public display #MalikAlNasir

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Still trying to get funded for my PhD this year. "Of 19,868 PhD funded studentships awarded by UKRI research councils collectively, 245 (1.2%) were awarded to Black or Black Mixed & 30 from Black Caribbean backgrounds (UKRI, 2019)." #LegacyOfSlavery

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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It's been 10 years since the passing of my friend & mentor Gil Scott-Heron in 2011. Here's a clip of us, at an after party in Hungary in 2010, on the last tour just before he died. The music is in Hungarian but it's funky #GilScottHeron #MalikAlNasir #BHM

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Matriculation day @Catz_Cambridge in Oct 2020. Just completed my first term at @Cambridge_Uni researching my slave owner ancestors for a PhD in History. Getting here was tough but the hard work starts now. Read about my journey here: #MalikAlNasir #PhDLife

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“Malik Al Nasir is an author, a performance poet and a filmmaker from Liverpool” - Literary Film & TV Agent: Charles Walker @UA_Books cwalker @unitedagents .co.uk

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Humbled to receive the prestigious Sydney Smith Prize at St Catharine’s College @Catz_Cambridge proof positive that hard work pays off. #MalikAlNasir #CatzCambridge

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I had the privilege today of addressing delegates from museums around the world at #Museums2021 @MuseumsAssoc conference "A Brave New World". The agenda was 'how can museums change lives in a post-pandemic world' & de-colonialisation #MalikAlNasir

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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I never thought I’d be doing an internship at this point in my career but I’m always open to learn new things. As a @Catz_Cambridge PhD student on @CamESRC_DTP studentship we’re encouraged to. So mine starts @NML_Muse Slavey & Maritime Museums tomorrow. A new archival experience.

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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For anyone who attended todays @MuseumsAssoc Conference 2021: Brave New World & wanted some more insight into my keynote, you can listen to this @bbcworldservice podcast about my life and search for ancestroy back through slavery in Guyana

BBC World Service - Outlook, My ancestors were both slaves and slave owners

How a black Victorian footballer led Malik Al Nasir to discover his own complex history

www.bbc.co.uk

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Malik Al Nasir, a third-year PhD student at St. Catharine’s college, found himself to be a descendant of slaves owned by prominent merchant Samuel Sandbach, a relation of the former Tory MP.

Ex-Tory MP threatens to sue University after being named in slavery research

PhD student Malik Al Nasir found that Antoinette Sandbach MP's forebears owned enslaved members of his family in British Guiana

www.varsity.co.uk

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“The Toxteth poet whose search for roots led to a remarkable discovery about Liverpool's history” (Liverpool Echo)

The poet who found out he was descended from a slave and a slave-trading family

After spending his teens in care, Malik Al Nasir wanted to discover more about his family

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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@MalikAndTheOGs

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Here’s is an article I contributed to about my ancestor Andrew Watson, ‘The Worlds 1st Black Footballer’ who captained Scotland in the 1880’s and was the son of a Scottish slave and sugar merchant.

VICE UK

@VICEUK

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The Incredible Story of Andrew Watson, the First Black International Footballer

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I’m pleased to partner with @natlibscot @ScottishFA @SFootballMuseum & @SRtRCScotland in Celebrating Andrew Watson’s Legacies. We want your help to explore the sporting lives and achievements of Black people & people of colour in Scotland. #MalikAlNasir

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@MalikAndTheOGs

2 years

I delivered a keynote today for @CSISlavery @walkergallery Liverpool, on “Archives & Redeveloping Exhibits: New themes, new people, & new histories, with Malik Al Nasir.” I also displayed my personal slave owner archive #SandbachTinne @Catz_Cambridge @LivUni @NML_Muse #decolonise

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“Walter Rodney Archives in Guyana, & that unprepossessing Sandbach Parker building in Water Street in Georgetown, Guyana, stands like a sentinel in time, where Charles Parker & Samuel Sandbach set up shop to repatriate their ill-gotten gains to the UK” 1/9/23 | Joseph B Collins

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“Malik Al Nasir is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge @Catz_Cambridge with a lucrative book deal @WmCollinsBooks Back in 1984, aged 18, he was a "semi -literate kid living in a hostel for homeless black youths." #GilScottHeron #MalikAlNaisr #BLM

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“Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution - British History in the Long 18th Century” 6 Dec 23, 5:30 - 7:30PM Hybrid - Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01 Basement IHR Senate House Malet St London WC1E 7HU Speakers: Pat Hudson (Cardiff University)

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About to deliver my seminar at Keele Hall at Keele University Thanks to Steve Kilner & ILAS Director Tim Lustig for hosting me. Book & watch free online from 6pm GMT today. “LIFTING THE BARRIERS TO BLACK ACADEMIA THROUGH POSITIVE ACTION AND DECOLONISATION”

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@DavidOlusoga Thanks @DavidOlusoga for sharing news of my receiving the @Cambridge_Uni Vice Chancellors ‘Global Social Impact Award’ #MalikAlNasir #GlobalSocialImpact #CambridgeUniversity #ViceChancellor Award

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@WmCollinsBooks William Collins signs 'profound' memoir by Malik Al Nasir @MalikAndTheOGs in a two-book deal. Letters to Gil is a "frank and moving" memoir, of Nasir's "empowerment & awakening" whilst being mentored by Gil Scott-Heron. via @thebookseller

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My story made the print ed. of The Guardian on Xmas eve talking Football, #LFC #Celtic #racism & #slavery , #AndrewWatson -my ancestor & Worlds 1st black footballer & Gil Scott-Heron, who’s dad was Celtic’s 1st Black player #MalikAlNasir #GilScottHeron #BLM

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About to go on stage @StGeorgesHallLV to give a keynote for the #MarySeacole commemorative event. VIP launch with my sis Samia Benbrih. I won the auction for the @RoyalMintUK 1st uncirculated £5 Mary Seacole coin signed by CEO of the Mary Seacole Trust. Proceeds to commemorate MS

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They’ve finally arrived, the proof copies of my memoire #LettersToGil by #MalikAlNasir from @WmCollinsBooks imprint of @HarperCollinsUK charting my life under the mentorship of #GilScottHeron - This has been some journey but my thanks to everyone that helped make this a reality.

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Descendants show that I did is now live on BBC Radio 4 talking slavery and post slavery identity #MalikAlNasir #SandbachTinne #Slavery #Liverpool #Demerara

BBC Radio 4 - Descendants, Malik and Mark

Two men's lives connect through their links to a British slave owner and an abolitionist

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And today the weather is going to be... Heavy 🌧 ☔️ ⛈ & Piers Morgan forgot his Brolly ☂️ & met his Waterloo. Alex Beresford, the weatherman has an English mum & Guyanese dad. He deserves a medal 🏅 #goodmorningbritain #piersisabully #GoodRiddancePiers #ShutTheDoorOnYourWayOut

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Examples of punishments given to enslaved Africans in the West Indies from cartoons of the day. Boiled alive in a vat of molten sugar which would strip off the skin but leave you alive in excruciating and perpetual pain

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At the read through with @lemnsissay of his @BBCRadio4 show “The one and only” which will be recorded live tonight @bandonthewall in Manchester. #LemnSissay #BBCRadio4 #TheOneAndOnly #BandOnTheWall #MalikAlNasir

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“There’s 2 murals of black footballers facing one another across an alleyway in Glasgow. 1 helped shape football as we know it the other is Pele.” My ancestral cousin Andrew Watson 1856-1921 was the worlds 1st Black international, an architect of the game.

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Had a lovely afternoon at the Liverpool Atheneum with my bro @lemnsissay ahead of his show at the Shakespeare North Playhouse.

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London Banks urged to pay reparations for historical slavery links “Mr. Al Nasir said in an interview. He wants the United Nations to lead a truth and reconciliation commission to investigate and quantify slavery reparations.”

London Banks urged to pay reparations for historical slavery links - Antigua Observer Newspaper

By Simon Clarke The Black Lives Matter movement is reinvigorating a years-long campaign to push some of London’s oldest financial institutions to pay reparations to the descendants of...

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#MalikAlNasir with #LFC & #RangersFC star #MarkWalters & the #TartanArmy , filming the new documentary about my ancestor #AndrewWatson the World's 1st black footballer, airing on Tue 25th May @ 10pm (BST) @BBCScotland . #BLM #SandbachTinne #Guyana #slavery

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Feature article in the times about my roots quest back through slavery has just gone live. #slavery #Reparations #MalikAlNasir #Liverpool #TheTimes #Barclays #SandbachTinne

Liverpool poet’s journey to epicentre of the slave trade

A black poet who discovered white ancestors at the “epicentre” of the slave trade has shared his story to highlight slavery’s complex connections across British society.Malik Al Nasir was born in...

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Thanks to @ScotNational for covering my partnership with the @natlibscot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 on the football ⚽️ & legacies of Andrew Watson the worlds 1st Black international footballer. @gedboy58 @rolyatlihp @UofGlasgow #AndrewWatson #MalikAlNasir #ScottishFA #FITBA

New pilot project aims to celebrate legacy of Scotland's first black footballer

A NEW pilot project has been launched based on the story of Andrew Watson – widely regarded as the world’s first black footballer.

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

3 years

2021 is the 10th anniversary of the passing of the great poet, activist & #GodfatherOfRap #GilScottHeron . My memoire “Letters to Gil” charts my life & 27yrs under Gil’s mentoring. It’s available to pre-order & is out on 2nd Sept’ 2021. Get your copy here.

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

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19th century Georgetown, Demerara; capital of Guyana, my ancestral homeland. Some Conquistadors called it “El Dorado” rich in gold & diamonds. Its industrial scale sugar cultivation, powered by enslaved Africans & indentured Indians, helped finance the industrial Revolution. #BHM

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

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@SirGeoffPalmer @stef18881 @no1_nicola @revsmith4 @ra_gg12 @Possum_PictBot @MairiJCam @MaajidNawaz @SNPFoP @CeeGraham1 Thank you for pointing this out. I am a direct descendant of Scottish slave traders from Kirkwall and Glasgow and Inverness. They monopolised they Guiana slave and sugar trade in the 18th & 19th century. I have researched this for 15 yrs & have my archive.

The poet who found out he was descended from a slave and a slave-trading family

After spending his teens in care, Malik Al Nasir wanted to discover more about his family

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

2 years

I was pleased to deliver a seminar & workshop for senior executives at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine @LSTMnews about lifting barriers to Black academia & the decolonisation of their 125 years of archives & the colonial links to family’s involved in slavery & colonialism.

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

4 years

Pleased to report I got a fully funded scholarship for my PhD.

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

4 years

@MoKaStHa @JennyMain5 @DavidOlusoga @BBCNews I had to succeed in order to shame the system that failed so many black children, ito changing their ways. If this all goes some way to acheiving that, then I will consider that a success.

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

4 years

Amazing history of the black victorian kid @StrettonGordon @ the Stebble fountain Liverpool, who went on to take Jazz to Argentina & played for Eva Perón. My neighbor, a descendant Jeff Daniels co-wrote this book. Another remarkable piece of Liverpool black history & roots quest

Gary Millar

@garymillar

5 years

Liverpool’s music legend William Masters AKA Gordon Stretton (1887–1982) African-descended drummer + jazz pioneer went from Liverpool to London, Paris, New York + Argentina. He also played with Charlie Chaplin in the Lancashire Lads Dancing Troupe Outside St George’s Hall 1895

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

2 years

Happy birthday to my friend & mentor Gil Scott-Heron. I miss you brother. #RIP #GilScottHeron #HappyBirthday #TheRevolutionWillBeLive #RollingStone #MalikAlNasir

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

1 year

I wrote about the story in my memoir Letters to Gil. Here’s some coverage from @Cambridge_Uni where I study at @Catz_Cambridge @SteveHartmanCBS #Kindness101 #KindnessGoesViral

Letters to Gil

Letters to Gil: a story of finding the words to challenge the system

www.cam.ac.uk

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

11 months

So gassed to be jointly nominated for another award @Cambridge_Uni for my collaborative work around lifting the barriers to Black academia & widening participation in the higher educational sector within the UK. Results announced in 16th June 2023. @Catz_Cambridge #MalikAlNasir

St Catharine's College

@Catz_Cambridge

11 months

We're delighted Catz students & their societies are finalists in the Cambridge Students’ Awards. With winners announced on 16 June, we spoke to 3 students about the activities that put them in contention for these @yourcambridgesu awards: @MalikAndTheOGs

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

2 years

Just about to go on stage delivering a keynote seminar @theBluecoat on colonial legacies of looked after children and my own care experience #MalikAlNasir #Careexperienced

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

3 years

Today is UNESCO’s International Slavery Remembrance Day. Join me in hearing Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles @HilaryBeckles kick off our symposia ‘Barriers to Black Academia - Slavery Colonialism & the case for reparative justice’

SRD Archive

www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

6 months

Last night I gave the final bicentennial Roscoe Lecture at St George’s Hall @StGeorgesHallLV “The Truth the Lies Behind Roscoe” challenging assumptions on abolition & historical truth. Thanks to @NgunanAdamu & @LJMU Vice Chancelor for hosting me & gifting me a bronze Liver Bird.

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

4 years

BBC "Searching for my slave roots" started in 1986 when I first went back to Africa. I wrote this song on the ship off the coast of Cabinda in Angola. Check it "Africa" by Malik & The O.G's - Ft. Rita Carter #Africa #TheRevolutionWillBeLive #MalikAndTheOGs

"Africa" by Malik & The O.G's - Ft. Rita Carter.

Malik & The O.G's Ft. Rita Carter. Performing "Africa" at "The Revolution Will Be Live!" Gil Scott-Heron Tribute Show.The Arts Centre,City of Liverpool Colle...

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

3 years

@DavidOlusoga This book is now available to pre-order. Official release on 2nd September 2021.

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

2 years

A documentary I consulted on & helped develop for @BBCScotland “Mark Walters in the footsteps of Andew Watson” my ancestral cousin & the worlds 1st Black international footballer won a Royal Television Society award last night. #MalikAlNasir #AndrewWatson

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

3 years

Today is the birthday of the late great Gil Scott-Heron. We miss you man. RIP. Here’s a short interview I did about the significance of Gil’s works like; “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” #GilScottHeron #RIP #10thanniversary #Paris #2010Tour

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

3 years

We’ll be celebrating the influence of Gil Scott-Heron and officially launching my book “Letters to Gil” at The Blues Kitchen in Manchester on 2nd Sept. tickets here...

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

2 years

Brother @lemnsissay has come to my show & Book launch in @CamdenLibraries We met 29 years ago when I went to his show. We are united by brotherhood, poetry and my book “Letters To Gil” that Lemn wrote the amazing foreword to #MalikAlNasir #LemnSissay #MalikAndTheOGs #LettersToGil

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

3 years

Join @MalikAndTheOGs Malik Al Nasir & @DrLeeVee Dr Leona Vaughn @SlaveryMuseum in #Liverpool discussing African history & culture European enslavement of African people & contemporary racism rooted in slavery & colonialism. #MalikAlNasir #Artfund #BLM #MeetMeAtTheMuseum #Podcast

Art Fund

@artfund

3 years

In this episode of #MeetMeAtTheMuseum poet & social activist Malik Al Nasir takes his friend Leona Vaughn to @SlaveryMuseum . They explore the important story of the slave trade & the enduring impact it has on the world today. @MalikAndTheOGs @DrLeeVee

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

1 year

At Manchester Airport ready to fly to Geneva today to attend the inaugural session for the “Permanent Forum on People of African Descent” at the UN 🇺🇳 @OHCHR_EARO #PFPAD #UN #UnitedNations #HumanRights #AfricanDiaspora #Geneva #MalikAlNasir

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

2 years

I’m in conversation with @bbcmerseyside DJ @Jemradio1 at 4pm today @LivUni Liverpool Literary Festival, talking about my life in care, my mentor Gil Scott-Heron & my path from semi-literate care leaver to a PhD. @Catz_Cambridge @Cambridge_Uni #MalikAlNasir

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

4 years

You know it’s happening when you gear starts to arrive. Just got my formal gown to wear at matriculation in a couple of weeks when I start my PhD at Univesity of Cambridge @Catz_Cambridge @Cambridge_Uni #PhD #MalikAlNasir #MAGown

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

3 years

Ahead of my official book launch tonight at the Blues The Blues Kitchen - Manchester a fabulous venue with good people and great vibz. Thanks so much to everyone who made this happen 🙏✅ the audiobook and the e-book are also out. Find Letters to Gil by Malik Al Nasir on Spotify

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

3 years

Liverpool poet’s journey to epicentre of the slave trade via @RepeatingIslands

Liverpool poet’s journey to epicentre of the slave trade

Curiosity about a family resemblance started Malik Al Nasir on 15 years of research that revealed a complex web of wealth and connections across British society. Mark Bridge reports for The Times …

repeatingislands.com

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

2 years

“Slaves’ shackles put on show alongside sculptures at Liverpool gallery” Thanks to @NML_Muse & @AlexSPatterson for furthering my research with this project.

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

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Now someone please tell me how we can equate this to the perceived plight of 19th century British heiresses in “gilded cages” to the plight of the enslaved. The analogy & false equivalency would be laughable if it wasn’t so absurd.

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Malik & The O.G's

@MalikAndTheOGs

3 years