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We Write What We Like: Celebrating Steve Biko
Alfred Publishi
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Paperback. Steve Biko, father of the black consciousness philosophy, was killed in prison on 12 September 1977. Biko was only 30 years old, but his ideas and political activities changed the course of South African history and helped hasten the end of apartheid. Editor(s): van Wyk, Chris. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 285.
Steve Biko, father of the black consciousness philosophy, was killed in prison on 12 September 1977. Biko was only 30 years old, but his ideas and political activities changed the course of South African history and helped hasten the end of apartheid. This year, 2007, saw the 30th anniversary of Biko's death. To mark the occasion, the Minister of Science and Technology and President of Azapo, 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, President Thabo Mbeki, writer Darryl Accone, journalists Lizeka Mda and Bokwe Mafuna, academics Jonathan Jansen, Achille Mbembe, Mandla Seleoane and Saths Cooper, a friend of Biko's and former president of Azapo. The essays cover a wide range of key moments in a significant time in South African history, both personal and public - being on trial with Biko, talking with him about his philosophy and his vision, listening to him speak from a podium. Some of the contributors never met Biko face to face but their accounts are nevertheless interesting as they describe the moment when Biko's philosophy captured their imaginations, as it swept through a generation hungry and eager for a new and dynamic way to fight oppression. We write what we like proudly echoes the title of Biko's seminal 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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781868144648
SKU
V9781868144648
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Ref
99-15
About Alfred Publishi
Darryl Accone is books editor of the Mail & Guardian and director of the annual M&G Literary Festival in Johannesburg. Zithulele Cindi is an activist, trade unionist and currently Executive Director at Unity Incorporation. Saths Cooper is an activist and psychologist. He is Vice President of the International Social Science Council and President of the International Union of Psychological Science. Duncan Innes was student activist and is currently executive director of the Innes Labour Brief and a lecturer in the School of Economic and Business Sciences at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Jonathan D. Jansen is a former Vice-Chancellor of several universities, academic and researcher and is currently distinguished professor in the Faculty of Education at the Stellenbosch University. Bokwe Mafuna a founder member of Media Workers Association of South Africa (Mwasa), the Black Consciousness inspired trade union movement is now Director of Thuso Links Media in Johannesburg. Mosibudi Mangena is an activist, member of parliament and ex-President of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO). Thabo Mbeki is the former President of South Africa and currently Chancellor of the University of South Africa. Veli Mbele is a Black Consciousness activist, essayist and political commentator. Achille Mbembe is Research Professor in History and Politics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and is affiliated to the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER). Lizeka Mda is a Lecturer in Journalism Practice at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Pandelani Nefolovhodwe is a member of parliament and Deputy President of the Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO). Mandla Seleoane is Research Specialist & Labour Relastions Specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in South Africa Mathatha Tsedu is the Director of the South African National Editors' Forum an Adjunct Professor in the Journalism and Media Studies Department at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Chris van Wyk was an activist, author and poet.
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