Excavating Malcolm X…

When I was following in the footsteps of Malcolm X in Sudan, I had the opportunity to visit the house in Khartoum where Malik Badri (pictured above) served him lunch in 1959. While there, I did a video and photographic survey of the crumbling structure for my research — a portion of which was published last year in a Special Issue of the Journal of Africana Religions: “The Meaning of Malcolm X for Africana Religions: Fifty Years On.” So it was with great interest this week that I read about the current excavation of Malcolm X’s childhood home in Boston…