Malik Al Nasir
@malikalnasir.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, (History) University of Cambridge, St Catharine’s College. Poet, author “Letters to Gil” (William Collins, 2021) “Searching for my Slave Roots” (William Collins, 28 Aug 2025). Protégé of Gil Scott-Heron
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Check out my interveiw on Talk Radio Europe about the worlds 1st Black International footballer Andrew Watson. I’m also talking about my new book 📕 “Searching for my Slave Roots”
#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #TalkRadioEurope #Slavery #Colonialism #Spain #Europe
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#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #TalkRadioEurope #Slavery #Colonialism #Spain #Europe
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Malik Al Nasir – Searching for my slave roots: from Guyana´s sugar plantations to Cambridge...wit...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Check out my interveiw on Talk Radio Europe about the worlds 1st Black International footballer Andrew Watson. I’m also talking about my new book 📕 “Searching for my Slave Roots”
#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #TalkRadioEurope #Slavery #Colonialism #Spain #Europe
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#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #TalkRadioEurope #Slavery #Colonialism #Spain #Europe
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Thanks to Afrori Books in Brighton for hosting my book launch of ‘Searching for my Slave Roots’ at Brighton Jubilee Library on 25 Oct 2025, where I was in conversation with Nat Arias.
#MalikAlNasir #NatArias #AfroriBooks #Brighton #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #BHM #BookLaunch
#MalikAlNasir #NatArias #AfroriBooks #Brighton #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #BHM #BookLaunch
October 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Thanks to Afrori Books in Brighton for hosting my book launch of ‘Searching for my Slave Roots’ at Brighton Jubilee Library on 25 Oct 2025, where I was in conversation with Nat Arias.
#MalikAlNasir #NatArias #AfroriBooks #Brighton #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #BHM #BookLaunch
#MalikAlNasir #NatArias #AfroriBooks #Brighton #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #BHM #BookLaunch
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'But the letters’ significance to the study of colonialism was appreciated only when Malik Al Nasir bought a tranche of them while researching his own family history and began building an archive.' 2/2 cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
Sandbach Tinne
Sandbach Tinne
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September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
'But the letters’ significance to the study of colonialism was appreciated only when Malik Al Nasir bought a tranche of them while researching his own family history and began building an archive.' 2/2 cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...
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Who are we?
Geneology has come a long way. Now used to track down notorious serial killers (Golden State,De Angelo). Researchers and experts are making headway on tracking down enslaved people roots all over world. 🌎
Fascinating👏 Malik Al Nasir,The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Geneology has come a long way. Now used to track down notorious serial killers (Golden State,De Angelo). Researchers and experts are making headway on tracking down enslaved people roots all over world. 🌎
Fascinating👏 Malik Al Nasir,The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Letters found on eBay cast light on UK families who benefited from slavery
Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Who are we?
Geneology has come a long way. Now used to track down notorious serial killers (Golden State,De Angelo). Researchers and experts are making headway on tracking down enslaved people roots all over world. 🌎
Fascinating👏 Malik Al Nasir,The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Geneology has come a long way. Now used to track down notorious serial killers (Golden State,De Angelo). Researchers and experts are making headway on tracking down enslaved people roots all over world. 🌎
Fascinating👏 Malik Al Nasir,The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Brighton & Hove City Council
has a packed schedule! Highlights include:
• A book launch with Malik al Nasir (Oct 25)
• The "Black Philosophers" exhibition all month
Details: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/st...
2/8
has a packed schedule! Highlights include:
• A book launch with Malik al Nasir (Oct 25)
• The "Black Philosophers" exhibition all month
Details: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/st...
2/8
Standing firm in power and pride this Black History Month
We’ll be flying the Black History Month flag from Hove and Brighton town halls throughout October to celebrate Black History Month.
www.brighton-hove.gov.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Brighton & Hove City Council
has a packed schedule! Highlights include:
• A book launch with Malik al Nasir (Oct 25)
• The "Black Philosophers" exhibition all month
Details: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/st...
2/8
has a packed schedule! Highlights include:
• A book launch with Malik al Nasir (Oct 25)
• The "Black Philosophers" exhibition all month
Details: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/st...
2/8
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Thank you @malikalnasir.bsky.social for a fascinating, moving and enriching talk! I learnt a lot. @litfest.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Thank you @malikalnasir.bsky.social for a fascinating, moving and enriching talk! I learnt a lot. @litfest.bsky.social
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Looking forward to listening to this discussion on ‘Searching for My Slave Roots’ with @malikalnasir.bsky.social at @litfest.bsky.social later today
October 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Looking forward to listening to this discussion on ‘Searching for My Slave Roots’ with @malikalnasir.bsky.social at @litfest.bsky.social later today
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Our final Sunday event of Litfest’s Autumn Weekend is with @malikalnasir.bsky.social telling us his deeply insightful story of SEARCHING FOR MY SLAVE ROOTS!
He is in conversation with Rebecca Joy Novell from Lancaster Black History.
He is in conversation with Rebecca Joy Novell from Lancaster Black History.
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Our final Sunday event of Litfest’s Autumn Weekend is with @malikalnasir.bsky.social telling us his deeply insightful story of SEARCHING FOR MY SLAVE ROOTS!
He is in conversation with Rebecca Joy Novell from Lancaster Black History.
He is in conversation with Rebecca Joy Novell from Lancaster Black History.
I’ll be at the Birmingham Conservatoire tomorrow to present my new book “Searching for My Slave Roots” with Kehinde Andrews. Tickets here…
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October 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I’ll be at the Birmingham Conservatoire tomorrow to present my new book “Searching for My Slave Roots” with Kehinde Andrews. Tickets here…
www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...
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The perfect event for #BlackHistoryMonth: on Sunday 19th October at 3:30pm, join us at Lancaster Library to hear @malikalnasir.bsky.social in conversation with Rebecca Joy Novell talking about his fascinating exploration of his ancestry in SEARCHING FOR MY SLAVE ROOTS!
Book now geni.us/MalikAN
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October 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The perfect event for #BlackHistoryMonth: on Sunday 19th October at 3:30pm, join us at Lancaster Library to hear @malikalnasir.bsky.social in conversation with Rebecca Joy Novell talking about his fascinating exploration of his ancestry in SEARCHING FOR MY SLAVE ROOTS!
Book now geni.us/MalikAN
Book now geni.us/MalikAN
Thanks to all who came to my book launch in conversation with Dr. Amilcar Pereira from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro at St Catharine's College Cambridge last night.
#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #BookLaunch #BookSigning #WilliamCollins #Cambridge #StCatharinesCollegeCambridge
#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #BookLaunch #BookSigning #WilliamCollins #Cambridge #StCatharinesCollegeCambridge
October 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Thanks to all who came to my book launch in conversation with Dr. Amilcar Pereira from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro at St Catharine's College Cambridge last night.
#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #BookLaunch #BookSigning #WilliamCollins #Cambridge #StCatharinesCollegeCambridge
#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #BookLaunch #BookSigning #WilliamCollins #Cambridge #StCatharinesCollegeCambridge
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Letters found on eBay cast light on UK families who benefited from slavery
Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Letters found on eBay cast light on UK families who benefited from slavery
Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Letters found on eBay cast light on UK families who benefited from slavery
Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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From today's Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Malik Al Nasir will be discussing Searching for my Slave Roots – From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge at BAC on 6 Nov as part of Bridport Literary Festival www.bridport-arts.com/event/malik-...
Malik Al Nasir will be discussing Searching for my Slave Roots – From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge at BAC on 6 Nov as part of Bridport Literary Festival www.bridport-arts.com/event/malik-...
Letters found on eBay cast light on UK families who benefited from slavery
Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
From today's Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Malik Al Nasir will be discussing Searching for my Slave Roots – From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge at BAC on 6 Nov as part of Bridport Literary Festival www.bridport-arts.com/event/malik-...
Malik Al Nasir will be discussing Searching for my Slave Roots – From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge at BAC on 6 Nov as part of Bridport Literary Festival www.bridport-arts.com/event/malik-...
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Letter to Gil audiobook by Malik Al Nasir. It’s a beautifully interwoven account of racism, growing up in the system, and meeting your hero, touring with him and becoming a legend in your own right.
December 30, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Letter to Gil audiobook by Malik Al Nasir. It’s a beautifully interwoven account of racism, growing up in the system, and meeting your hero, touring with him and becoming a legend in your own right.
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'Documents detailing the affairs of 19th-century families linked to Sandbach, Tinne and Company, a business that dealt in enslaved people, cotton, sugar and coffee, were being traded online by collectors of rare stamps and postmarks.' 1/2
Letters found on eBay cast light on UK families who benefited from slavery
Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
'Documents detailing the affairs of 19th-century families linked to Sandbach, Tinne and Company, a business that dealt in enslaved people, cotton, sugar and coffee, were being traded online by collectors of rare stamps and postmarks.' 1/2
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A fascinating hour this evening listening to @malikalnasir.bsky.social on his new book "Searching for my Slave Roots" which I look forward to reading - not least finding out more about footballer Andrew Watson. Well done to @portybooks.bsky.social for putting on the event.
October 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A fascinating hour this evening listening to @malikalnasir.bsky.social on his new book "Searching for my Slave Roots" which I look forward to reading - not least finding out more about footballer Andrew Watson. Well done to @portybooks.bsky.social for putting on the event.
Thanks to Leicester City Council for leading with my book launch for their BHM announcement. I’ll be presenting “Searching for My Slave Roots” at Leicester Central Library on 8 Oct 2025.
#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #Leicester #CentralLibrary #BHM
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#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #Leicester #CentralLibrary #BHM
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Leicester Museum and city libraries mark Black History Month
LEICESTER City Council is marking Black History Month this October with author talks at its libraries and a special event at its flagship museum.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thanks to Leicester City Council for leading with my book launch for their BHM announcement. I’ll be presenting “Searching for My Slave Roots” at Leicester Central Library on 8 Oct 2025.
#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #Leicester #CentralLibrary #BHM
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#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #Leicester #CentralLibrary #BHM
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Just announced “Searching for my Slave Roots” Brighton book launch by Afrori Books @ Jubilee library on 25 Oct 2025 @ 3pm discussing an epic tale of enslavement, colonialism, rebellion & emancipation.
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#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #AfroriBookshop #Brighton
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#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #AfroriBookshop #Brighton
September 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Just announced “Searching for my Slave Roots” Brighton book launch by Afrori Books @ Jubilee library on 25 Oct 2025 @ 3pm discussing an epic tale of enslavement, colonialism, rebellion & emancipation.
afroribooks.co.uk/products/in-...
#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #AfroriBookshop #Brighton
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#MalikAlNasir #SearchingForMySlaveRoots #AfroriBookshop #Brighton
If you’re in the Midlands & want to hear an epic tale of empire, enslavement, colonialism & football, come check me out at Leicester Central Library 8 Oct 2025 with my new book “Searching for my Slave Roots”.
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#MalikAlNasir #BHM #SearchingForMySlaveRoots
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#MalikAlNasir #BHM #SearchingForMySlaveRoots
September 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If you’re in the Midlands & want to hear an epic tale of empire, enslavement, colonialism & football, come check me out at Leicester Central Library 8 Oct 2025 with my new book “Searching for my Slave Roots”.
writingeastmidlands.co.uk/event/meet-t...
#MalikAlNasir #BHM #SearchingForMySlaveRoots
writingeastmidlands.co.uk/event/meet-t...
#MalikAlNasir #BHM #SearchingForMySlaveRoots
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"We did not stop the genocide in Rwanda, we did not stop the genocide in Srebrenica, we must stop the genocide in Gaza"
The president of Slovenia at the UN this week.
The president of Slovenia at the UN this week.
September 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"We did not stop the genocide in Rwanda, we did not stop the genocide in Srebrenica, we must stop the genocide in Gaza"
The president of Slovenia at the UN this week.
The president of Slovenia at the UN this week.
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>>> LIVE BSKY - WED 24TH SEPT, 7PM <<<
TNT Show. Ep212. With guest Malik Al Nasir, discussing his new book "Searching for my slave roots" and more.
@malikalnasir.bsky.social @benarty.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID1B...
TNT Show. Ep212. With guest Malik Al Nasir, discussing his new book "Searching for my slave roots" and more.
@malikalnasir.bsky.social @benarty.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID1B...
TNT Show. Ep212. With guest Malik Al Nasir.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
>>> LIVE BSKY - WED 24TH SEPT, 7PM <<<
TNT Show. Ep212. With guest Malik Al Nasir, discussing his new book "Searching for my slave roots" and more.
@malikalnasir.bsky.social @benarty.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID1B...
TNT Show. Ep212. With guest Malik Al Nasir, discussing his new book "Searching for my slave roots" and more.
@malikalnasir.bsky.social @benarty.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID1B...
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Looking forward to chatting to @malikalnasir.bsky.social about our books #Heiresses and Searching for My Slave Roots in #Glasgow next Tuesday!
Jamaica Street, Oswald Street, & Buchanan Street, the legacy of slavery is hidden in plain sight. We are joined by 2 fantastic writers who have uncovered the histories of slavery & how entangled the British establishment was in it, as well as recovering the histories of enslaved people themselves.
September 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Looking forward to chatting to @malikalnasir.bsky.social about our books #Heiresses and Searching for My Slave Roots in #Glasgow next Tuesday!
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New by @malikalnasir.bsky.social - whose own impressive lifestory is summarised here www.theguardian.com/music/2011/j...
September 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
New by @malikalnasir.bsky.social - whose own impressive lifestory is summarised here www.theguardian.com/music/2011/j...
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Two interesting nonfiction reads on the blog today: Malik al Nasir's "Searching for my Slave Roots" and Katie da Cunha Lewis' "The Writer's Room" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/b... #booksky 💙📚💡
September 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Two interesting nonfiction reads on the blog today: Malik al Nasir's "Searching for my Slave Roots" and Katie da Cunha Lewis' "The Writer's Room" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/b... #booksky 💙📚💡