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West Indian Archie And Bimbi
Character Analysis
If Ella was Malcolm's mother figure, and Elijah Muhammad was his father figure, then these guys were like his academic advisors. They're the ones who push him to get out of the hustling game and get himself educated.
West Indian Archie
We think that West Indian Archie was probably such a bad-mother-shut-your-mouth that he would've scared Shaft.
We mean, they called him one of the Four Horsemen a.k.a. the guys that bring about the end of the world. He's not someone you mess with.
So we're pretty sure when this scene happens, Malcolm isn't thinking that he's going to be a mentor:
"Red—I want my money!"
A .32-20 is a funny kind of gun.
West indian archie biography
It's bigger than a .32. But it's not as big as a .38. I had faced down some dangerous Negroes. But no one who wasn't ready to die messed with West Indian Archie. (8.4)
We know how that sounds, but he's actually very sweet, we promise.
Bimbi
Malcolm meets Bimbi in prison.
He was a burglar