Biko

Download or Read eBook Biko PDF written by Donald Woods and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Biko
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 554
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ISBN-10 : 9781429936385
ISBN-13 : 142993638X
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Book Synopsis Biko by : Donald Woods

Book excerpt: The groundbreaking biography that inspired the film Cry Freedom: “A personal testament to a powerful, tragic figure” who led the movement against apartheid (The New York Times Book Review). As the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, Steve Biko fought to end apartheid and establish universal suffrage in South Africa. As his movement grew, the National Party government began to see him as a threat. On August 13, 1977, Biko was arrested, interrogated, and severely beaten. On September 12, he died in prison. Editor of a leading anti-apartheid paper, Donald Woods was a friend of Steve Biko and went into exile in order to write his testimony about the life and work of a remarkable man. “Courageous and passionate . . . Mr. Woods’s brave attack on the shabby and ultimately murderous expedients of a society dominated by fear and greed should serve as both an inspiration and a warning.” —Christopher Hampton in The Sunday Times


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