Malik Al Nasir

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Malik Al Nasir (formerly Mark T. Watson) is a British author and 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 tragic 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 author of the book Ordinary Guy under his previous name Mark T. Watson and is the founder and Chief Executive of UK publishing house Fore-Word Press. This book is a combination of poetry and explanatory prose that spans a period of 10 years. The book includes "Malik's Mode" - A foreword by Jalal Mansur Nuriddin of the Last Poets. It was written in tribute to Gil Scott-Heron. 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 and performance poetry. The DVD is due for release in the UK in 2008 by Fore-Word Press. The film was produced by Shirani Sabaratnam, former BBC and Channel 4 Producer.

Malik is currently researching the life of Andrew Watson (b. 1857, d. unknown) who was the first Black footballer in history - and one of the architects of the game of soccer as we know it today - for inclusion in a book about the life of Watson who came from Guyana in 1860 and ended up captaining Scotland in the 1880's. [1]

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