Complex sentence: While in prison during the 1980s Kody befriended members of the Republic of New Afrika movement and changed his name to Sanyika Shakur where he began changing his viewpoint regarding his role in the plight of blacks in the United States of America.
Split into simpler sentences: While in prison during the 1980s Kody befriended members of the Republic of New Afrika movement. Kody changed his name to Sanyika Shakur where he began changing his viewpoint regarding his role in the plight of blacks in the United States of America.