We Write What We Like - Celebrating Steve Biko (Paperback)

Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness philosophy, was killed in prison on 12 September 1977. Biko was only thirty years old, but his ideas and political activities changed the course of South African history and helped hasten the end of apartheid. The year 2007 saw the thirtieth anniversary of Biko's death. To mark the occasion, the then Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Mosibudi Mangena, commissioned Chris van Wyk to compile an anthology of essays as a tribute to the great South African son. Among the contributors are Minister Mangena himself, ex-President Thabo Mbeki, writer Darryl Accone, journalists Lizeka Mda and Bokwe Mafuna, academics Jonathan Jansen, Mandla Seleoane and Saths Cooper, a friend of Biko's and former president of Azapo. We Write What We Like proudly echoes the title of Biko's seminal work, I Write What I Like. It is a gift to a new generation which enjoys freedom, from one that was there when this freedom was being fought for. And it celebrates the man whose legacy is the freedom to think and say and write what we like.

General

Imprint:	Wits University Press
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	November 2007
First published:	December 2007
Authors:	Darryl Accone • Zithulele Cindi • Saths Cooper • Duncan Innes • Jonathan D. Jansen • Bokwe Mafuna • Mosibudi Mangena • Thabo Mbeki • Veli Mbele • Achille Mbembe
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	117
ISBN-13:	978-1-86814-464-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > History > African history > General
LSN:	1-86814-464-X
Barcode:	9781868144648

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