Friday 28 September 2007

For EAS Blk 2 (1-6 Oct 07)

(1) TEEN INK
Teen Ink magazine offers some of the most thoughtful and creative work generated by teens and has the largest distribution of any publication of its kind. We have no staff writers or artists; we depend completely on submissions from teenagers nationwide (United States) for our content
http://teenink.com/Opinion/

(2) Online Bookshelf .... browse on...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/

(3) BOOKS WRITTEN BY AUNG SAN SUU KYI
Please read the editorial and customer reviews which are found at the bottom of the Amazon web page.

Letters from Burma
http://www.amazon.com/Letters-Burma-Aung-San-Suu/dp/0140264035/ref=pd_rhf_p_1/105-1065948-5219666

Freedom from Fear and Other Writings
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140253173/ref=pd_cp_b_2/105-1065948-5219666?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_r=17MW2725XG3MJZFYWZQ9&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=252362401 &pf_rd_i=0140264035

The Voice of Hope:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/1888363509/ref=dp_proddesc_0/105-1065948-5219666?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books

Saturday 15 September 2007

More about Malcolm

For those of you who are intrigued by the life of Malcolm X after attempting question 1 (Paper 1) in the EAS examination not too long ago, you may find out more about the activist from these websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X

Biography of Malcolm X:
www.africawithin.com/malcolmx/malcolm_bio.htm

The Official Web Site of Malcolm X:
www.cmgworldwide.com/historic/malcolm

Malcolm X; A Research Site:
http://www.brothermalcolm.net/

The Malcolm X Project at Columbia University:
www.columbia.edu/cu/ccbh/mxp/




"The Autobiography of Malcolm X "

The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written by Alex Haley between 1964 and 1965, based on interviews conducted shortly before Malcolm X's death (and with an epilogue after it), and published in 1965. The book was named by Time magazine as one of the ten most important nonfiction books of the 20th century.

The screenplay for the 1992 Spike Lee film Malcolm X was adapted from The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

The book describes Malcolm X's upbringing in Michigan, his maturation to adulthood in Boston and New York, his time in prison, his conversion to Islam, his ministry, his travels to Africa and to Mecca, and his subsequent career and eventual assassination at the Audubon Ballroom near 166th Street and Broadway in New York City. The book contains a great deal of substantial thought that concerns African-American existence.

The emotional timbre of the book could be described as a crystal-clear elucidation of some very complicated philosophies originating from the unpleasant, tragic life experience of Malcolm X as a child in Michigan.
Haley stated in the documentary Eyes on the Prize that it was difficult to write the autobiography because Malcolm X was quite averse to talking about himself and preferred instead to talk about the Nation of Islam.

However, the book has been criticized by some scholars[attribution needed] for possibly being factually inaccurate or misleading in certain parts[citation needed]. In addition, members of Malcolm X's family and the Nation of Islam have accused author Alex Haley of changing or fictionalizing parts of the story[specify].

In fact, in 2005 historian Manning Marable, for his book 'Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention', claimed that Haley worked with the FBI while writing the book with Malcolm X. He also talked about the existence of three unpublished chapters of the book.[1]




(posted by Mrs Saunders)