Shaka Senghor
Auteur van Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
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Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle class family in Detroit, Michigan. He ran away from his abusive home life at age 14 and got into drugs. In 1991 he shot and killed a man. He spent 19 years in prison. He discovered redemption and responsibility through literature, his own writing, and the toon meer kindness of others. In 2010 he was released from prison. He has worked as former Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab and the founder of The Atonement Project. Currently he serves as the Director of Strategy and Innovation with #cut50. He is the author of six books including the bestseller, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Werken van Shaka Senghor
Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison (2013) 174 exemplaren, 7 besprekingen
Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom (2022) 17 exemplaren, 3 besprekingen
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The author had grown up in the Detroit area and was in jail for many years. He was able to become very successful in life afterwards and continues to live and work as an advocate for people in similar circumstances. He had one son just before his prison experience and had another afterwards.
These letters are often raw and quite engaging, in which the author explains himself and his predicaments, how he persevered, the challenges he experienced throughout as a Black man, but also the hope and strength which sustained him, and which he wanted to see developed in his sons.
Very powerful and compelling and worthy of consideration.
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