Malik Al Nasir
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Malik Al Nasir

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Malik Al Nasir is an author, film maker, performance poet, and an award winning academic from Liverpool, UK. Malik is the author of ‘Searching for my Slave Roots’ (2025). He started tracing his roots back through Caribbean slavery over 20 years ago, and his pioneering research has been recognised by Sir Hilary Beckles (Chair: CARICOM Commission for slavery reparations), historian David Olusoga, and The University of Cambridge, where Malik has recently completed a PhD in history with a full scholarship. In recognition of the significance of his research, Malik received several awards whilst at Cambridge, as well as an honorary Doctorate from Liverpool Hope University. Malik is also the author of ‘Letters to Gil’ (2021) a memoir of his life with poet and activist Gil Scott-Heron, and ‘Ordinary Guy’ (by Mark T. Watson) a collection of poetry under his former name. Malik is co-founder of the policy making initiative, 'Black Academia - Lifting the Barriers.' He has produced and appeared in several documentaries with Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, Benjamin Zephaniah, Public Enemy, Ice T and many other luminaries.
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