About this title: 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. Richard Attenborough's major film drawn from this book will be released this month. 32 pages of photos.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Owl Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780805003857ISBN:0805003851
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
ISBN-13:9780805003857ISBN:0805003851
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. Some wear to the coves with minor scuffs to front and back and a crease to the top front cover. Light page toning. Clean text. Basis for the movie Cry Freedom. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Owl Books
Date Published: 1987-11-15
ISBN-13:9780805003857ISBN:0805003851
Description: Very Good. Great book! Text is clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. No names, no remainder marks, no stickers. Small mark on FC and FFEP. Sticker damage to back cover. Has some light edge and corner wear. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Edition: Rev and Updated ed.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780805003857ISBN:0805003851
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice copy. Same or next day shipping! Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 418 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Not so much a biography as it is Woods' memoir and an indictment of apartheid South Africa. I put this in on the "history" shelf as well--at the time it wasn't, but it is worth looking back at this book and others like it, to get a sense of how things were."
"Woods provides a complex and detailed portrait of Steve Biko, a leader of the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa during the period of apartheid, and conveys the extent of the oppression instituted by the South African government on blacks and outspoken whites. Though Woods does not appear to shy away from his or Biko's negative attributes, it is very easy to identify and sympathize with both and find oneself outraged at the way Biko's life was cut short."
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