I Write What I Like, Steve Biko
I Write What I Like, Steve Biko
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I Write What I Like
Frank Talk

Author: Steve Biko

Narrator: Hangwi Liphadzi, Asi Liphadzi, Bonolo Kganyago-Murahwa

Unabridged: 3 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2023


Synopsis

"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." Like all of Steve Biko's writings, those words testify to the passion, courage, and keen insight that made him one of the most powerful figures in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. They also reflect his conviction that black people in South Africa could not be liberated until they united to break their chains of servitude, a key tenet of the Black Consciousness movement that he helped found.I Write What I Like contains a selection of Biko's writings from 1969, when he became the president of the South African Students' Organization, to 1972, when he was prohibited from publishing.Biko's writings will inspire and educate anyone concerned with issues of racism, postcolonialism, and black nationalism.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on May 08, 2012

I live in the city where he was murdered. Some people here don't like it when i voice the notion that we still bear a collective shame over this. They don't like most of the notions I voice, come to think of it. I read this book in Dublin in 1993, when I spent a year wandering aimlessly around Europ......more

Goodreads review by Grace on February 25, 2012

As a black South African born 10 years before democracy, it is only now that I am an adult that I see the effect that apartheid has had on the culture and value system of black South Africans in particular. This book is an effective lesson to any South African that he is not a victim of his circumsta......more

Goodreads review by Donald on November 07, 2013

I loved this book. I love Steve Biko and this writing. I read The Sabi which was a personal account of life growing up in South Africa and references were made by the author Brown, to Biko and Ture. So I decided to read this book after reading The Sabi - and I am happy I did. In this book the author......more

Goodreads review by Doc on December 21, 2011

He had the charisma of Mandela, the courage of Hani and the intellectual capacity of Sobukwe and Mbeki....Dead before 30 at the hands of apartheid.........more

Goodreads review by Busie on March 22, 2011

Insight into the mind of one of the most inspirational and unique South African struggle heroes. Where others were fighting for freedom, he was trying to free the african mind (decolonsing the mind). It's one of the most beautifully written books and makes you proud of being a South African, challen......more