Prisoner in Paradise An Interview with Assata Shakur by Evelyn C. White (Originally published in Essence Magazine in 90s) As Assata Shakur writes in her poetic 1987 memoir, “Assata: An Autobiography,” her name means “she who struggles” and the “the thankful.” Although she has been exiled in Cuba for nearly two decades, the former JoAnne […]

U.S., keep your hands off Assata! Interview with Assata Shakur, Part 2 Pan-African News Wire – Assata Shakur was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army whose revolutionary activities led to her breaking out of prison and being granted political asylum in Cuba. To learn more about her, you can check out her […]

U.S., keep your hands off Assata! Interview with Assata Shakur, Part 1 Pan-African News Wire – What happens to old Black Panthers? Some wind up dead, like Huey P. Newton. Some join the Moonies and the Republican Party, like Eldridge Cleaver. Some, like Mumia Abu Jamal, languish in prison. But a few, like Assata Shakur, have […]