Life Writing Workshop: Special Focus on The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Civil Rights leader Malcolm X was assassinated on 21st February 1965, 60 years ago. His extraordinary life was recounted in his Autobiography (released 9 months after his death) and the 1992 film by Spike Lee. This workshop is a practical tribute to his legacy. We use his life as inspiration to reflect on and write about our life experiences and the influences that help us to transform and feel connected. The workshop is open to aspiring and experienced writers and anyone seeking to acknowledge Malcolm X’s legendary, often uncelebrated contribution to human progress.

Facilitator

Dr Michelle Asantewa is an award-winning author, independent educator, cultural consultant and publisher. Her publications include the young adult novel, Elijah, The Awakening and Other Poems, Guyanese Komfa: The Ritual Art of Trance and Something Buried in the Yard, published by Way Wive Wordz Publishing, which she co-founded in 2014. She is the editor of the anthology In Search of Mami Wata, which centres on African and Caribbean water spirits. Mama Lou Tales, a biography of her mother Lucille Davis received a prize for the Guyana Literary Prize in 2022. Dr Asantewa is co-course leader on The Amazing James Baldwin, African Women Resistance Leaders, Toni Morrison: Her Life Her Work, Andrea Levy short courses, and facilitates several writing workshops. Her first collection of short stories, Rupunnuni Affair and the Mami Wata, Children’s Activity Book were published in 2024.

Where

Wimbledon Reference Library, 35 Wimbledon Hill Rd, London SW19 7NB

FREE to attend but Registration is essential.