Sorta tongue-in-cheek, but also sorta compelling....
So, we have DuBois and Angelou in Cairo 1961 before they go to Ghana. We have visits and ties between them and Malcolm X and various others of the cast of characters, many in Egypt (or United Arab Republic at the time). An international port, big ships . . .
Then Angelou refers to the deeper friendship she formed with X in Ghana as like brother and sister.
Malcolm’s high-level connections within Islam, including the Saudis, Barry’s unexplained financial aid throughout his life — somebody’s looking out for him. That astonishing resemblance. And Stanley Ann names her daughter Maya.
Anyone looked at hospital records in Cairo, 1961?
Like you said, sorta tongue-in-cheek.
That particular DU BOIS was the son of Shirley Graham Du Bois, he took his stepfather's name and carried on the stepather's 'work' in Ghana.
DAVID DU BOIS ARTICLE FROM 1998:link
David G. Du Bois is president and CEO of the WE.B. Du Bois Foundation Inc., and visiting professor of journalism / Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Alphonse Fletcher University Professor Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
Harvard University W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Studies 104 Mt. Auburn St., 3R Cambridge, MA 02138
Special Collections & University Archives W.E.B. Du Bois Library Univ. of Massachusetts 154 Hicks Way Amherst, MA 01003
...and Malcolm converts to 'true' islam...methinks the Saudi's convinced him his militancy would earn him nothing, but if he followed their instructions, he would never be short of money...
Then Angelou refers to the deeper friendship she formed with X in Ghana as like brother and sister.
...she spoke arabic, praises his 'more moderate stance' returned to the US in 1964, to help him establish his new organization...
Malcolm’s high-level connections within Islam, including the Saudis, Barry’s unexplained financial aid throughout his life — somebody’s looking out for him. That astonishing resemblance. And Stanley Ann names her daughter Maya.
...it's like peeling an onion?
Anyone looked at hospital records in Cairo, 1961?
Somebody who doesn't value their life maybe?
Like you said, sorta tongue-in-cheek.
What can I say? I'm trying my best to provide the background, if that's what it indicates...maybe I should have written 'many a truth lies in jest'
Did the Black Star Line regularly make stops in Indonesia?
Thanks.