Shaka Senghor

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1,773 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Jul 2025 last heard 22 Dec

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And then eventually I got on the other side of it.

I went back to my books, you know, As a Man Think of, The Secret, all these different books.

I would go back and read them.

And, you know, Nelson Mandela's, you know, Long Road to Freedom.

I would just go back and read these books and read them.

Mm-hmm.

Trying to get my brain to move forward.

And then eventually I was like, okay, finished the third book, finished the fourth book.

Started a publishing company in prison the same year I went up for parole, which was 2008.

Published my first book from prison.

Got sued by the prison.

Got denied parole.

Went back up 2009.

Got denied parole again.

Wow.

And I almost gave up.

At that point, I had 17 years in.

I knew how to do time.

No, actually, I had 18 years.

And I knew how to do time.

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