Ron Spears is a Detroit-based spoken word artist and author.

He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a degree in Physics and the University of Wisconsin – Madison where he received a Master’s degree in Engineering.  For over 25 years, he has traveled extensively working on global transformation consulting projects and community based initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life in Africa and the Diaspora.

His latest book is Black Matter Lives - Manifesting Change using the Laws of Physics, our Minds and the Power of the Spoken Word. He has also authored a spoken word documentary called Sankofa and Audiobook called Moisture. 

He served as the chief teacher for an African Rites of Passage program for teenage boys in Detroit where he took a different group each year to West Africa to engage in the manhood training ritual with a village still practicing the tradition. He has written extensively about his experiences in Africa and created a curriculum to accompany the Sankofa Documentary to teach others.