Biko Blk Conscous V739

by Steve Biko

Book Overview

In May 1976, nine Blacks were arrested in South Africa and charged with terrorism for having 'thoughts' unacceptable to the regime. Bantu Stephen Biko, that country's most important Black leader,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394727398
• ISBN13: 9780394727394
• Release Date: May 1979
• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Historical Testimony from a Courageous South African Political Martyr

From back cover: "In May 1976, nine Blacks were arrested in South Africa and charged with terrorism for having 'thoughts' unacceptable to the regime. Bantu Stephen Biko, that country's most important Black leader, stepped forward to testify on their behalf and thus broke the ban on his public speaking. In the late 1960s, Biko had founded the Black Consciousness movement, which called for the psychological and cultural liberation of the Black mind as a precondition to political freedom; the movement spread rapidly among students and the masses, and his goal of using group pride to break the strangle hold of White oppression was partly realized by the time that his colleagues were placed on trial. Biko's courageous and delicate testimony, recorded here in the dramatic format of direct and cross examination, explores almost every issue in contemporary South Africa and, more importantly, shows something of Biko's brilliance, humor, vision, and quickness of mind. This was to be his last public statement. In September 1977, Bantu Stephen Biko was murdered in a South African jail."

Wonderful View On Apartheid

Steve Biko definately showed his views on black conciouseness in this book. This really proved that he was a wonderful and brilliant man. I am definately glad that I read this.

cry freedom

i think steve biko was a man of right he is so wonderful and when i read the book and wached the video i was tuched by the words that donnaled woods had used i have his book under my bed and i pray evey night that i can be just like steve biko i wish that the people that did that to him should have died strate away and go toHELL. i would love to have seen him and tell him HE HAS MAKE A DIFFERENT I LOVE STEVE BIKO PEACE OUT TO THE BLACK

A brilliant understanding of oppression

This book is an excellent source for seeing the experience of apartheid from which the theory of black consciousness emerged. Biko lucidly articulates both the people and the regime he found himself in conflict with, and parallel's between his appraisal and his idea's are made clear. A must read for anyone who wants to get a full understanding of black consciousness.