Assata Shakur, an icon of Black liberation who was exiled to Cuba, dies aged 78

<p>Shakur spent decades exiled after she was convicted of killing a state trooper in 1977 and escaped from prison</p><p>On 25 September, Assata Shakur, a former member of the Black Liberation Army, died aged 78 in Havana, Cuba, according to <a href="https://cubaminrex.cu/es/nota-de-prensa-del-ministerio-relaciones-exteriores">Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a>. Cuban officials cited the reason for her death as old age and health conditions. Shakur, a longstranding symbol of resistance and Black liberation, spent several decades exiled in Cuba after she was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1977 and escaped from prison.</p><p>“At approximately 1:15pm on September 25th, my mother, Assata Shakur, took her last earthly breath,” her daughter Kakuya Shakur wrote on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kakuya/posts/pfbid02fi1n9xdApUzVmycCQF4HizBEhL4twDXZdxY5v7ii7v1JJUr6sdFBKvoJ1Ci71yEql">Facebook</a>. “Words cannot describe the depth of loss that I’m feeling at this time.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/26/assata-shakur-dies-aged-78">Continue reading...</a>