Afeni Shakur

Activist

1947-01-10 – 2016-05-02

Afeni Shakur was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. She became widely known as the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and later managed his estate. She founded organizations dedicated to youth arts and social advocacy.

Quotes by Afeni Shakur

I have no secrets. Neither did Tupac, neither does my daughter. We don't live behind secrets, we don't live lies, we are who we are, and we are pretty happy to be who we are.
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Trust me, you can't change anything without causing some degree of disruption. It's impossible, that is exactly what change is. Some people are uncomfortable with the disruption that change causes, but the disruption is necessary if anything is going to change.
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Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it's worth a lot.
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