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 that are all guilty of peddling the Malcolm myth for their own nefarious
interests. Forever known as the violent Yin to Martin Luther King's Yang 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.
Malcolm's activism was his philosophy and paying attention to it reveals the true cultural
icon - who if he were alive today would tell us to pick up the mantle and overturn this
wicked system for good.
