Redemptive Soul: The Yusef “Bunchy” Shakur Reader

by Yusef Shakur

"Redemptive Soul" tells the complete story of Yusef Bunchy Shakur; being raised by a single parent mother who used alcohol to cope with the many social challenges of raising a boy in urban America. With a fatherless dysfunctional home abuse was an element of commonality. He was expelled from all Detroit Public Schools by the tender age of 13. Being co-parented by the mean streets of Detroit, Yusef co-found the notorious street gang "Z8ne" in Detroit, Mi. This allowed him to hit those streets with a vengeance. He turned gang banging and crime into a full time occupation. Street life led him to being incarcerated as a teen for a crime he did not commit. While in the prison industrial complex system, Yusef met his father for the first time....The father who never aided in his son's upbringing was now helping him learn and grow--not into a hard criminal but into a redeemed human being. After 9 years of incarceration, Yusef invites you to explore his 12 year journey through the many trials he faced reintegrating back into society as a redeemed man. He was socially rejected every step of the way...That did not stop him though! Now cherishing every moment of being a father he emerged as a college graduate, business owner, national author and speaker. Well respected, he is hailed as a community organizer and activist dedicated to RESTORING THE NEIGHBOR BACK TO THE 'HOOD.

410 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 6, 2013