Malik Al Nasir

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1966 –

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Who is Malik Al Nasir?

Malik Al Nasir is a British author and performance poet, born in Liverpool, England in 1966 to a Welsh mother and a Guyanese father. He grew up partly with his family in Liverpool and after the paralysis of his father, he was taken into local authority care. He successfully sued the government for neglect, racism and physical abuse whilst in their care and received a public apology from Liverpool's Lord Mayor.

Malik is the band leader of Malik & the OG's.

Malik is the author of the book Ordinary Guy under his previous name Mark T. Watson. He is the founder and Chief Executive of UK publishing house Fore-Word Press. "Ordinary guy" is a collection of poetry and explanatory prose that spans a period of 10 years within the authors late teens and twenties. The book includes "Malik's Mode" - A foreword by Jalal Mansur Nuriddin of the Last Poets. Ordinary Guy was written in tribute to Gil Scott-Heron & The Last Poets. and contains 33 poems along with illustrations and explanatory prose.

Malik also featured in a documentary film about his poetry along with Gil Scott Heron, The Last Poets and Benjamin Zephaniah. The film is called Word Up - From Ghetto to Mecca and features commentary on Malik's work and performance poetry by Malik. Fore-Word Press exclusively screened the film, at Phoenix Cinema Leicester UK as part of the 2011 Black History Month events, which Leicester City Council branded a tribute to the late Gil Scott Heron.

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Born
1966
Liverpool
Lived in
  • Liverpool

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on July 23, 2013

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