asha bandele is an award-winning journalist and the New York Times best-selling author of six books, including the widely acclaimed memoir, The Prisoner’s Wife, and novel, Daughter. Her most recent work is a collaborative effort with Black Lives Matter co-founder, Patrisse Khan Cullors, who courageously shared her story of challenge and triumph with asha in When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. An advocate for racial justice and prison abolition, asha serves as political and organizational management consultant for foundations, PACs and non-profits across the field. But of all her work, none has been more central than her role as the single parent of an exquisite daughter, Nisa, and stepmother to a brilliant son, Aundre, who was murdered in 2015.
asha bandele
asha bandele is an award-winning journalist and the New York Times best-selling author of six books, including the widely acclaimed memoir, The Prisoner’s Wife, and novel, Daughter.