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Kehinde Andrews returns to Bath to discuss his brand new book on the real political mission of Malcolm X, and why it needs resurrecting now - 100 years after his birth...

Malcolm X is a titanic figure in political history, but he is also one of the most misunderstood. So much of what we know about his life and politics is from books, films and documentaries guilty of peddling the Malcolm myth. Forever known as the violent Yang to Martin Luther King's Yin, in the years since his death, he has been co-opted into the American project, punished by his enemies for his radicalism, and marginalised by decades of governments, academics and activists.

But here, for the first time, Malcolm is rediscovered. On the centenary of his birthday, in a world shaken by decades of injustice and racism, Malcolm's political mission is more urgent than ever. In Nobody Can Give You Freedom, Kehinde Andrews reveals his real revolutionary programme.

This event is part of Topping & Company Black History Month Festival.