LitWithRen

Have you ever wondered what your personal legend is? What is the great adventure of your life and did you choose it, or was it shaped by the expectations of parents, society, or your peers? Have you experiences strange coincidences that guided you or protected you at the right time? How do universal laws influence our daily experiences? In this two-part episode , we explore The Alchemist by Paulo...

📖 East of Acre Lane by Alex Wheatle 📍Brixton, London 1981 Inspired by Wheatle’s life experiences, East of Acre Lane follows 18 year old, Biscuit, as he navigates racism, unemployment, police brutality, and the Brixton Uprising. In this episode, we’ll get deep into Black-British history, the ways working-class Black-Britons resisted white supremacy and how these influenced the formation of a mode...

Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary - Episode 2/2 It's Black History Month in the UK! I decided to launch my podcast discussing the book Afeni Shakur: Evolution of Revolutionary. It explores her life, in her own words, from growing up in the South experiencing Jim Crow laws and KKK terrorism, to her life after the passing of her legendary Hip-Hop son, Tupac Shakur. Part 1 and 2 will look cl...

Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary - Episode 1/2 It's Black History Month in the UK! I decided to launch my podcast discussing the book Afeni Shakur: Evolution of Revolutionary. It explores her life, in her own words, from growing up in the South experiencing Jim Crow laws and KKK terrorism, to her life after the passing of her legendary Hip-Hop son, Tupac Shakur. Part 1 and 2 will look cl...