His name was Andrew Watson – the same surname as my Dad. And he was from Demerara in Guyana, just like my Dad. [Malik changed his name from Mark Watson after converting to Islam].
Andrew Watson (back row centre)
The poet Malik Al Nasir has been on a journey to find his roots as a black Liverpudlian. It’s a journey that has taken him back in time and halfway around the world, before returning him right back to the city where he began.
It started with a photograph from the 19th Century of a man who could have been my double.
It was one o’clock in the morning and I was watching a TV documentary about 100 years of black footballers. Continue reading
