- Gebundene Ausgabe: 240 Seiten
- Verlag: Atria; Auflage: 1st Atria Books Hardcover Ed (3. Februar 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0743470532
- ISBN-13: 978-0743470537
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,9 x 14,7 x 2,2 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.201.639 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Long before Shakur was famous for being the mother of slain rapper Tupac Shakur, she was a high-ranking member of the Black Panther Party and one of the "New York 21" charged by the state with subversive activities. Guy, actress and longtime friend of Tupac and his family, offers a penetrating look at the life of a woman who has struggled with anger and pride, drug addiction, radical politics, and the personal demons of having failed her children in their youth. In interviews over a seven-year period, Guy slowly unpeels the layers that have covered the inner life of Shakur: growing up with a poor self-image, combative spirit, and personal vulnerability that was attracted to the radical politics of the Black Panthers, and a young womanhood filled with drug addiction, domestic violence, imprisonment, and failed relationships. Shakur is brutally honest about her personal shortcomings, the internal politics of the Black Panthers that contributed to their unraveling, her long recovery, and the renewed strength and conviction she brings to managing the entertainment legacy left by her son. Vanessa Bush
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Over the course of seven years, Jasmine Guy has been talking to and recording the thoughts of Afeni Shakur, the one-time Black Panther who is now the keeper of the legacy of her son, late rapper Tupac Shakur. In this unique book Guy reveals the evolution of the woman through a series of intimate, autobiographically revealing conversations on themes such as love, race, drugs, music, and of course her son. The reader sees how the impoverished southern girl became a leading light in the Black Panther movement; how drugs brought her low; how her recovery filled her with new hope for herself and the future of black women everywhere; and how the work her son has served to bring renewed hope and courage to people that this country has too often left behind.
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Thanks for the Memories
8. Oktober 2004
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Being a contemporary of Afeni and also a graduate graduate of a historically black college and university, this book hit home so many times, while bringing fond memories in the process. I have, in many instances while reading the same page of the book, both laughed and cried. I also have A son who was Afeni's son's contemporary and can only imagine the hurt she feels over the loss of her only. I am impressed with the writing and delivery of this book. My big sunday hat goes off to Jasmine Guy who has so eloquently personified the saying "you can't tell a book by looking at its cover." I didn't think I could truly enjoy any writing besides those of J. California Cooper (read them all and waiting for the next one), but found myself equally engaged in this one. I am glad that, after attending a Hugh Masekela booksigning, I came away with his signed CD and Jasmine and Afeni's book. Thanks for the memories and the black history refresher.
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Excellent!
6. Februar 2004
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I was totally immersed in the conversations between Afeni and Jasmine. I felt as though I were right in the room with them, hearing the stories first hand. It would be very wrong to assume that Ms. Guy is only an actress. She writes with such eloquence and candor that one must also call her 'author.'
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Before you read, heed these words.....
1. März 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
If your are turning to this book as an account on the life of Tupac Shakur you are dead wrong from the beginning. This book is about Afeni. From the beginning you are told that the book is based solely off the conversations that Jasmine Guy had with Afeni, conversations that are between friends. Everyone has a different account of their own life, this book is life as Afeni sees it and how she wants to tell it. How truthful is it, I'm not going to dig deep into that because I read this book to find out more about HER and about HER mindset and about how SHE sees things. This isnt a history lesson which demands the burden of proof and fact in order for it to be called history. Read this book if you want to know about AFENI the woman. If not then I suggest you pass on it.
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