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Malik Al Nasir

@malikalnasir.bsky.social
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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 linktr.ee/malikalnasir

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
'The discovery is detailed in a book, Searching for My Slave Roots, by...Malik Al Nasir, who has been researching his family history. Its findings have inspired a new research project, Overwriting-Underwriting, which aims to uncover the financial networks behind enslavement'. 2/3
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SRD 2026: Connector Pilot Launch
The Connector Project’s first research pilot, ‘Overwriting – Underwriting’, launches as part of International Slavery Museum’s Slavery Remembrance Day programme.
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St Catharine's College @stcatharines.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
.Malik Al Nasir (@camhistory.bsky.social PhD student at Catz) is celebrating the launch of a pioneering community-led research project exploring the hidden financial networks that underpinned Britain’s involvement in transatlantic slavery: caths.cam.ac.uk/conn... 1/3 📸 Bradley Ormesher
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My article was No 1 in yesterday’s @theguardian.com
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I’m launching the £1m Connector Project for the International Slavery Museum. Overwriting-Underwriting our 1st community led research pilot is examining how underwriting slave ships facilitated the transatlantic trade. My segment comes in at 1h:19m into the show. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The University’s Archaeogenetics Research Group has played a key role in a study of ancient DNA from seventh-century AD cemeteries on the south coast of England that has uncovered West African ancestry. Evidence of genetic Africa connections in medieval Britain www.hud.ac.uk/news/2025/au...
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Ancient DNA analysis reveals West African ancestry in early medieval England - University of Huddersfield
University of Huddersfield’s Archaeogenetics Research Group plays key role in study of ancient DNA from early medieval cemeteries in England that has uncovered West African ancestry
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Christian Algar @ceebarnacles.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Ebay cannot, should not be if ignored by collecting institutions. Due diligence, yes, but there needs to be some attention. Al Nasir’s ‘Searching for My Slave Roots’ is immensely valuable and made possible from some eBay recoveries. #culturalheritage #research www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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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
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Opera Mundi @operamundi.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Presidente brasileiro alertou contra erros e instou por correções na democracia como forma de combater ‘negacionismo, extremismo e discurso fascista’.
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Cartas encontradas no eBay revelam histórias de famílias britânicas que enriqueceram com a escravidão
Cartas foram encontradas por acaso no eBay pelo pesquisador Malik Al Nasir durante investigação sobre empresa Sandbach Tinne and Company
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DrDr BabyBrains @htoulmin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/music/2011/j... Extraordinary story.
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'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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nicola @gleanniucha.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Malik Al Nasir Roscoe Lecture: ‘The truth that lies behind Roscoe’
YouTube video by Liverpool John Moores University
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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... A bundle of letters discovered for sale on eBay by a man researching his roots has cast new light on the lives of prominent British families who amassed a fortune from slavery.
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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
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
On a happier note - if you get my meaning - is this video from Malik al Nasir about his book Searching for My Slave Roots. As one of the Watson family, he has widened and deepened the context for Andrew and strengthened my knowledge. Check it out. Cracking video btw. tinyurl.com/y7ycd2hm
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Watch Searching for My Slave Roots, Author Video on Amazon Live
Shop with expert advice from HarperCollins in their latest video Searching for My Slave Roots, Author Video.
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Beatles mentor Lord Woodbine to feature in new BBC drama. A 6-pt series will explore the band’s years in Hamburg, including the influence of woodbine’. Guardian article that I contributed to last week. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j... #MalikAlNasir #TheBeatles #LordWoodbine #BBC #Drama #Series
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Beatles mentor Lord Woodbine to feature in new BBC drama
Six-part series will explore the band’s years in Hamburg, including the overlooked influence of Harold Phillips
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Here’s the latest article I contributed to in The Guardian, @theguardian.com concerning baptisms of the enslaved in England during the 18th and 19th centuries. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju... #MalikAlNasir #ChrisOsuh #Guardian #Slavery #Baptism #ManchesterCathederal #IndianaMundi #Enslavement
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Baptism record at Manchester Cathedral offers insight into Black Mancunian life in Georgian-era England
A parish entry reveals an argument that proved pivotal to the abolitionist cause, at a time when an estimated 20,000 Black people were living in the country
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Psyched that the paperback of my new book ‘Searching for my Slave Roots - from Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge’ will be out on 27th Aug 2026. Advance purchase here harpercollins.co.uk/products/sea... #MalikAlNasir #SearchinGorMySlaveRoots #Cambridge #Guyana #Slavery #Paperback #HarperCollins
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Look beyond papers for a better REF and research culture By Mareike Wehner and Natalie Wallis www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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Look beyond papers for a better REF and research culture - Research Professional News
Mareike Wehner and Natalie Wallis describe how and why their university is encouraging non-traditional outputs
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
It was a great honour to be asked to speak at the 57th annual conference of the Association of Caribbean Historians @achconference.bsky.social in Kingston Jamaica earlier this week. I attended with my colleagues Michelle Charters (Head of the International Slavery Museum) & Olivia McCormick. #ACH
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Carrie Gibson @carriegibson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Very excited about my upcoming talk with The National Archives! Tune in next Friday (29 May) at 2pm UK/9am EST (which is bedtime Korean time, though I think it's worth it to stay up late on this occasion). www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
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The Great Resistance: the 400-year fight to end slavery in the Americas
Historian Carrie Gibson tells the epic story of the fight to end slavery.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 12/05/2026
Harvard University's top leaders likely enslaved thousands of people between the founding of the school in 1636 and the defeat of the Confederacy, according to new research.
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Harvard officials enslaved more than 1,600 people, new research reveals - The Boston Globe
So far, they have confirmed that at least 259 Harvard officials enslaved people — and they are still digging through records.
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Caribbean Philosophical Association @caribphil.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New (February 2026): Originary Violations: Discursive Constructions of Caribbean Motherhood and Motherlands - By Paula Morgan and Hannah Regis | University of the West Indies Press | More information can be found here: www.uwipress.com/978976658068...
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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Today was my favourite lecture for my course on the Politics of Race and Marginalisation! This is because my students and I were treated to not just 1 but 2 amazing Q&As from Canadian International Relations Dr Ajay Parasram, and Cambridge historian, and Scouse musician, and poet Dr Malik Al Nasir.
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Rickie @rickiejosen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Book: Searching for My Slave Roots by Malik Al Nasir. When I see generations of a wealthy family, I generally assume they were slave traders. Many of them have turned up in this book & many more that surprised me. The Gladstones have a lot to answer for #BookSky www.rickiejosen.co.uk/views-and-re...
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Liv Uni Politics @livunipol.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Thank you Dr. Ajay Parasram ( @dalhousieu.bsky.social ) and Dr Malik Al Nasir ( @malikalnasir.bsky.social ) !
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UK Music @ukmusic.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Black Music is the backbone of the UK music industry. New report #BlackMusicMeansBusiness reveals Black music generated 80% (£24.5bn) of UK recorded music value over 30 years.
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Thanks to Liverpool Book Festival for hosting me and showcasing my books at the weekend. I took “Letters to Gil” my memoir of my life with the poet & activist Gil Scott-Heron, & my new book “Searching for my Slave Roots” charting my roots quest back to Guyana. www.boxpark.co.uk/venues/liver...
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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
This week, The ThinkLab @thinklab.bsky.social teamed up with @writingpartners.bsky.social @suaw.bsky.social to host the inaugural Community in Writing Symposium in Cambridge. First, a sincere thank you to @webhooligan.bsky.social for being with us, and for bringing #shutupandwrite into the world.
Shut up and write at Cambridge: thank you Rennie
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Check out Malik Al Nasir’s interview on BBC Radio Suffolk about his talk at The @CambridgeFestival in the Cambridge Union at 6pm 30 Mar 26, discussing his new book ‘Searching for My Slave Roots - From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge. #MalikAlNasir #BBC on.soundcloud.com/bCQ4gzTievFW...
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BBC Radio Suffolk 6 Mar 2026 - Malik Al Nasir Interview
Angelle shares an evening of community conversations and the biggest things this week including Malik Al Nasir’s upcoming talk at The Cambridge Union about his roots quest in his new book Searching fo
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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
A special thank you to the guest speakers, Dr @malikalnasir.bsky.social and Rhiannon Jones, for their presentation on "Lifting The Barriers to Black Academia": blackacademia.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This workshop will also include a presentation by Dr Malik Al Nasir and Rhiannon Llystyn Jones, editor and author of the ‘Lifting The Barriers To Black Academia Through Decolonisation and Positive Action — Policy Roundtable Report’. @malikalnasir.bsky.social : blackacademia.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
“Growing up Black in the Merseyside care system. Dr Malik Al Nasir in New York Magazine, Nu Origins, about his adolescent years growing up in Liverpool’s care system… & his recently published book: Searching for My Slave Roots” #MalikAlNasir #NuOrigins #NewYork www.nuorigins.com/overcoming-t...
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Overcoming the horrors of Liverpool’s 1970s and 80s care system - Nu Origins Magazine
While one can’t legally purchase alcohol or gain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) until 21 years of age in the U.S, turning 18 marks a significant landmark throughout most societies, allowing indiv...
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Irish News 🇮🇪 @news-flows-ir.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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 archiveA bundle of letters discovered for sale on eBay by a man researching his roots has cast new...
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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
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Discover more about Al Nasir's painstaking research to expose Sandbach Tinne & Co. ⬇️ www.cam.ac.uk/stories/sand... @stcatharines.bsky.social
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Family fortunes founded on slavery: introducing the Sandbach Tinne Collection
Records unearthed by a Cambridge PhD student expose the kinship and brutality behind one of Britain’s most powerful slave-trading dynasties, as revealed in a new book and digital collection.
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St Catharine's College @stcatharines.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We're flying the flag of The Bahamas for the 6th year in a row to celebrate the start of Black History Month, commemorating our first Black student A.F. Adderley (1912, Law) & over a century of Black history at Catz ever since. See what's planned at caths.cam.ac.uk/bhm-...
The flag of The Bahamas flying above St Catharine's CollegePublicity for 'Searching for My Slave Roots' event on 9 October
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Open call 📣 CRASSH's Community Design Lab & the Cambridge Room invite artists and collectives to apply for a £2,000 commission to support a project that explores how Cambridge is understood through its social, spatial, historical, and cultural layers Apply by 19 Jan bit.ly/3XDXymf
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Visual methodologies in documenting community knowledge in planning - CRASSH
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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Was a pleasure to speak about #Heiresses @bridportarts.bsky.social with @malikalnasir.bsky.social - author of “Searching For My Slave Roots” and @paullashmar.bsky.social author of “Drax of Drax Hall“. So many synergies between our work. And some fascinating insights from the audience too…
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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 youtu.be/9ztQJbJDLf8?...
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Malik Al Nasir – Searching for my slave roots: from Guyana´s sugar plantations to Cambridge...wit...
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
'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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Sandbach Tinne
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Watson The Clue @watsontheclue.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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...
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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
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Local Government Association (LGA) @local.gov.uk · 24/10/2025
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
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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.
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Thank you @malikalnasir.bsky.social for a fascinating, moving and enriching talk! I learnt a lot. @litfest.bsky.social
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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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Litfest, Lancaster @litfest.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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.
Malik Al Nasir is reading at Litfest in Lancaster Library.
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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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Litfest, Lancaster @litfest.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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
Top left, the book cover for SEARCHING FOR MY SLAVE ROOTS, top right, author photo of Malik Al Nasir. Bottom: a section of Litfest's programme cover.
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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...
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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
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Bridport Arts Centre @bridportarts.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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-...
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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
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Kodo and Sangha! @kodoandsangha.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
'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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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
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Andy Mitchell @andymitchellmedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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.
Malik al Nasir speaking at Portobello Bookshop, 1 October 2025
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