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A review by unladylike
An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created by Santi Elijah Holley
4.0
3.5 stars rounded up
Not what I was expecting. I've been wanting to listen to the writings of Assata Shakur and knew that Mutulu had just been released from prison and then passed away this past year, and there's a new biography of Tupac out, but this one looked more up my alley. It ended up feeling more like a history of the Black Panther Party and their most revolutionary adjacent groups, with Shakurs as the common thread. Regardless, it's a really fascinating, troubling, and important story.
Not what I was expecting. I've been wanting to listen to the writings of Assata Shakur and knew that Mutulu had just been released from prison and then passed away this past year, and there's a new biography of Tupac out, but this one looked more up my alley. It ended up feeling more like a history of the Black Panther Party and their most revolutionary adjacent groups, with Shakurs as the common thread. Regardless, it's a really fascinating, troubling, and important story.