Length4h 6m
About this audiobook
A crossroads isn’t a place to get lost. It’s the place where you decide who you are.
Black Boy Becoming by Essam Zahir is a raw, unfiltered memoir of pain, identity, survival and transformation — told with a voice that refuses to look away. — a memoir tracing a thirteen-year journey from the disciplined courts of professional basketball, through the misunderstood world of the male entertainment industry, to the quiet, sacred responsibility of caring for his mother.
Paperback · 6×9 · Audiobook narrated by the author
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length4 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 14, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
2Prologue
3Part I The Foundation
4Chapter One Lucky Number 8
5Chapter Two No Place Like Home
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6Chapter Three Saving Grace
7Chapter Four The Father I Never Had
8Chapter Five Survival Mode
9Chapter Six Fourteen And Homeless
10Chapter Seven Becoming The Parent
11Part II The Pursuit
12Chapter Eight Hoop Dreams
13Chapter Nine Playing On The Big Stage
14Chapter Ten Reality Check
15Chapter Eleven The Hourglass
16Chapter Twelve Corporate America
17Chapter Thirteen The Reset
18Chapter Fourteen The Question That Changed Everything
19Chapter Fifteen Go Hard Or Go Home
20Part III The Fire
21Chapter Sixteen The Entertainer
22Chapter Seventeen The Celebrity Circuit
23Chapter Eighteen Badboy
24Chapter Nineteen The Psychology Of Desire
25Chapter Twenty Finding Faith
26Chapter Twenty-One The Mirage Of “Him”
27Chapter Twenty-Two The Architecture Of Evidence
28Chapter Twenty-Three A House At The Beach
29Part IV The Becoming
30Chapter Twenty-Four Devastating Losses
31Chapter Twenty-Five The Dark And The Light
32Chapter Twenty-Six Judgment
33Final Reflection
34Epilogue The Last Letter
35My Letter
36His Response
37LETTERS I NEVER SENT
38A FINAL WORD
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