Shaka Senghor
Author, speaker and coach
Shaka Senghor is an author, speaker and coach who spent 19 years in prison. He writes about transformation and freedom, including in How to Be Free.
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American Born in Detroit, United States
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About Shaka Senghor
Shaka Senghor was born in Detroit. He was involved in the drug trade at 19 and served 19 years in prison for a killing in 1991. He was released in 2010. His memoir Writing My Wrongs became a New York Times bestseller. Letters to the Sons of Society gathers letters he wrote to his sons Jay and Sekou. His book How to Be Free is a guide to escaping life's hidden prisons. Senghor is a former Vice President of Corporate Communications at Navan. He also speaks at universities, conferences and summits.