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Biko - Cry Freedom | 
 enlarge | Author: Donald Woods
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 90359
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0805018999
Dewey Decimal Number: 968.06092
EAN: 9780805018998
ASIN: 0805018999
Publication Date: September 15, 1991
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Subjected to 22 hours of interrogation, torture and beating by South African police on September 6, 1977, Steve Biko died six days later. Donald Woods, Biko's close friend and a leading white South African newspaper editor, exposed the murder helping to ignite the black revolution.
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 Start Elsewhere, but Return to Biko February 23, 2003
Z. Blume (St. Louis, MO United States)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is much more than a simple biography of Steve Biko, the leader of the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa and one of the seminal figures in the anti-apartheid movement, it is an insider's look and condemnation of the System. Though Biko died young and apartheid has faded into memories for most people who had the misfortune of living in it, his is an excellent example of the horroific prejudices to which people, even in these enlightened times, can be subjected. This book uses incredible detail and many essential sources to tell a lively, powerful, and important story. I watched Cry Freedom several years ago and was inspired tolearn more about the subject, and I would recommend the same path, because the movie really brings the characters and issues to life. I would caution people who only want to learn the basics about the history of apartheid or Biko, that this is a very indepth and detailed book, that can be difficult to follow if you are not familiar with the subjects, so I might recommend a slightly more elementary book for a first experience.
 A worthwhile read August 14, 1999
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I first learned about Steven Biko after seeing the movie "Cry Freedom" (which, by the way is an excellent movie). The film motivated me to learn more about Mr. Biko and the Black Consciousness movement. The book drags a bit in some spots, but for the most part it is a very interesting book. It really opened my eyes to the blacks' struggle during the years of apartheid. Steven Biko was an amazingly intelligent man and deserves to stand among the ranks of other passive resistance leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi.
A must read - highly recommended June 4, 2004
Stephen Boord (San Francisco, CA United States)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Despite the dramatic shift in the political climate of South Africa since his death, Biko's words and beliefs are every bit as relevant today. His Black Consciousness movement was as much a political force against apartheid as it was an indictment of self-inflicted notions of inferiority. This book powerfully tells the story of Biko's life, his beliefs and the circumstances of living in banishment in South Africa. In the absence of any physical memorial for Biko, this book is a powerful rememberance to a man who should not be forgotten, and a tribute to an author who bravely brought us Biko's story.
Powerfully written is the story Biko by Donald Woods December 27, 1998
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I first learned about Steve Biko and Donald Woods after watching the movie "Cry Freedom" in my Global History class. Donald Woods has a powerful way of writing, his points are concise, and they hit you with a serious impact of the situation he speaks of. I had never been so intent on reading a book as I was with this one.
Frank talk... March 12, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
...Its one thing to pump the masses with political ideology, changing the way people think is another story altogether - and for that he (Biko) paid with his life, at the hands of the ruthlessly prescient architects of apartheid.Defining black consciousness in the South African context and working towards reversing centuries of social engineering this is Biko's story and his life - ably demonstrated by Donald Woods, his friend and confidante. If there's just one book you read on the legacy of apartheid in South Africa, make it this one... Biko was to black consciousness what Muhammed was to Islam. Enough said.
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