Afeni Shakur - Evolution of a Revolutionary
by Jasmine Guy
Born Alice Faye Williams and later known as Afeni Shakur,
Jasmine Guy’s book Afeni Shakur –
Evolution of a Revolutionary reviews her life. Guy meets her later in her life, after the
very public death of her famous son Tupac and develops a relationship. The book is a series of meetings between the
two women in which Guy asks permission to capture her story. Afeni agrees, and the book is published. Afeni, a one-time Black Panther, endured
marriages, drug abuse, an abortion, recovery from addiction, and matriarch of
her family. The story is a gut-wrenching
tale of how early abuse led a woman to the brink of despair, yet she
survives. The reader learns much about a
culture of poverty, abuse, and family fame – which was cut short by
murder. Guy has presented the gritty and
hard-core life of a survivor who makes her way to redemption, and we learn how through
her early years of life. Not what I
expected but glad I read it.
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