

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...


A revised edition, this text presents a biography of the life and concerns of Steve Biko.

'You are either alive and proud or you are dead ... and your method of death can be a politicizing thing' - Steve Biko Founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, Steve Biko was a natural target for the South African authorities.On 13 August 1977, Steve Biko was arrested, interrogated...





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...



