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Synopsis
Hakim Jamal was born in Roxbury, a black district of Boston, in 1933. At 27 he was converted by the teachings of Malcolm X, leader of the Black Muslim movement, Nation of Islam, and his life changed. He became an eloquent spokesman for the black urban underclass in America. Diana Athill met Hakim when she edited his book, and against all odds, they became friends, sometimes lovers. In Make Believe, Diana Athill describes, with her trademark unflinching honesty, her relationship with Hakim and his milieu, the devastation wrought on his personality by his background, his increasingly bizarre behavior, his descent into madness, and his murder in the early 1970s.
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In Make Believe, Diana Athill, acclaimed author of Instead of a Letter and Stet, remembers her turbulent friendship with Hakim Jamal, a young black convert to the teachings of Malcolm X, whom she met in London in the late 1960s.
Despite a desperately troubled youth, he became an eloquent spokesman for the black underclass, was Jean Seberg's lover and published a book about Malcolm X, before descending into a mania that had him believing he was God. A witness to his struggles, Diana Athill writes with her characteristic honesty about her entanglement with Jamal, Jamal's relationship with the daughter of a British MP, Gail Benson, and the couple's eventual murder.
About the Author
Dlana Athill was born in 1917. She is the author of Instead of a Letter, After A Funeral, Don't Look at Me Like That, Stet and Yesterday Morning, all published by Granta Books. She lives in London.
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- PublisherGranta UK
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1862077088
- ISBN 13 9781862077089
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages135
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Hakim Jamal (real name Alan Donaldson) was born in Roxbury, a black district of Boston, in 1933. His father was a drunk, his mother left when he was six. He started drinking at ten and was using heroin at fourteen. In his early twenties he spent four years in prison and was committed to an asylum for two attempted murders. At twenty-seven he was converted by the teachings of Malcolm X, leader of the Black Muslim movement, Nation of Islam, and his life changed. He became an eloquent spokesman for the black urban underclass in America. He was briefly Jean Seberg's lover. By the late 1960s Hakim Jamal was living in London with Gale Benson, a divorcee in her twenties, the daughter of an British MP, who took the name Hale Kimga. Diana Athill met Hakim Jamal when she edited his book, From the Dead Level: Malcolm X and Me, published by Andre Deutsch. Against all odds, they became friends, sometimes lovers. In Make Believe, originally published in 1993 and out of print for some years, Diana Athill describes, with her trademark unflinching honesty, her relationship with Hakim and his milieu, the devastation wrought on his personality by his background, his increasingly bizarre behaviour and his descent into madness. Both Hakim Jamal and Hale Kimga were murdered, separately, in the early 1970s. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002900564
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