AdvertisementBLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The passing of Assata Shakur has left a deep void in those who saw her as more than a revolutionary. She was a mother, poet, and symbol of liberation whose life embodied struggle and sacrifice. She was a mother, poet, and symbol of liberation whose life embodied struggle and sacrifice. On Black Press USA’s Let It Be Known morning news show, journalist and commentator Thandisizwe Chimurenga spoke about Shakur’s death and her legacy. And I was heartbroken for me, being, as Assata says, an African woman in America, that she was no longer physically here with us.”For Chimurenga, Shakur’s exile carried both sorrow and triumph.