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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you

Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks to the great team at the Portobello Book Shop in Edinburgh for a really lovely book launch event. @portybooks.bsky.social

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 14d

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Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

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Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive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

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Bridport Arts Centre @bridportarts.bsky.social · 16d

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-...

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Researcher Malik Al Nasir bought historical documents while investigating his family history – and began building an archive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

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Kodo and Sangha Aid & Abet @kodoandsangha.bsky.social · Dec 30

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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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you

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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for posting. I’ll be on a UK book tour Oct/Nov and you can find details on this poster. More dates are being added on my Linktree linktr.ee/MalikAlNasir...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17d

'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

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Andy Mitchell @andymitchellmedia.bsky.social · 8d

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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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 10d

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

news.leicester.gov.uk/news-article...

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.

news.leicester.gov.uk

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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 10d

Border patrol in the city centre. WTF

Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 11d

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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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Grumpy Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇪🇺 @brian770.bsky.social · 12d

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14d

"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.

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Independence Live @independencelive.net · 15d

>>> 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.

YouTube video by IndependenceLive

www.youtube.com

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Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social · 17d

Looking forward to chatting to @malikalnasir.bsky.social about our books #Heiresses and Searching for My Slave Roots in #Glasgow next Tuesday!

Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · 28d

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.

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Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social · 16d

New by @malikalnasir.bsky.social - whose own impressive lifestory is summarised here www.theguardian.com/music/2011/j...

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Liz Dexter / LyzzyBee 📚📚🏃‍♀️ @lyzzybee.bsky.social · 23d

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 💙📚💡

Ebook covers of Searching for my Slave Roots and The Writer's Room

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Litfest, Lancaster @litfest.bsky.social · 20d

This Litfest Festival Bookshop is now....open!

Grab all the festival titles in one handy spot (and browse the rest of the bookshop for bargains whilst you're there!

@mollieray.bsky.social @oliverklangmead.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @malikalnasir.bsky.social & more!

Shop here: geni.us/LFAWBK

A compilation of book covers featuring some of the titles now available in the Litfest Bookshop

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20d

Written evidence to 'Higher Education and Funding: Threat of Insolvency and International Students'.

Why has Chris Clark's The Sleepwalkers suddenly come to mind?

Higher Education and Funding: Threat of Insolvency and International Students - Written evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

Written evidence submission publications for Higher Education and Funding: Threat of Insolvency and International Students.

committees.parliament.uk

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

We can’t wait to welcome Malik Al Nasir to the bookshop to discuss his new book, Searching for My Slave Roots: From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge.

Al Nasir will be in conversation with Rebecca Bailey, & you can sign up to join us here:

www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/malik...

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Unable to attend or tune into the livestream on Wednesday 1st October? You can still pre-order a Signed & Dedicated Edition of Searching for My Slave Roots and we’ll prepare it for collection or delivery!

📚: www.theportobellobookshop.com/978000846448...

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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · Aug 28

📢NEW BOOK: Searching for My Slave Roots: From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge by History PhD student @malikalnasir.bsky.social.

Using forgotten records dating back to 1763, Al Nasir exposes the kinship and brutality behind one of Britain’s most powerful slave-trading dynasties.

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Gyp Rosetti @gabielenadohm.bsky.social · Apr 7

Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghcy...

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised music video (showing all the references)

YouTube video by David Wyatt

www.youtube.com

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