Steve Biko was one of the foremost figures in South Africa's struggle for
liberation from the apartheid regime. Murdered by the police when he was only
30, he had already established him self as a n important leader through his work as
a political activist and his analysis on Black Consciousness.
first published in 1978 I Write What I Like is a
collection of Biko's lectures, articles, letters, and trial testimonies that was smuggled out of
South Africa after Biko's murder. This 1996 edition was published to coincide with 50th
anniversary of Steve Biko's birth. This edition includes a preface by Archbishop Desmond
Tutu, who states, "It is good that there is this new edition to enable us to savour the inspired
words of Steve Biko- perhaps it could just spark a Black renaissance. Top of Form | African Literature
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