I write what I like : selected writings / edited with a personal memoir by Aelred Stubbs ; preface by Archbishop Desmond Tutu ; introduction by Malusi and Thoko Mpumlwana ; with a new foreword by Lewis R. Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biko, Steve, 1946-1977.

Contributor:

Stubbs, Aelred.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa.

Anti-apartheid movements.

Black nationalism.

South Africa.

Apartheid--South Africa.

Apartheid.

Racism--South Africa.

Racism.

Black nationalism--South Africa.

Black people--South Africa--Politics and government.

Black people.

Politics and government.

South Africa--Race relations.

Race relations.

Biko, Steve, 1946-1977.

Biko, Steve.

Political activists--South Africa--Biography.

Political activists.

Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.

Political prisoners.

Local Subjects:

Biko, Steve.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 216 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.

Summary:

"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. The collection also includes a preface by Archbishop Desmond Tutu; an introduction by Malusi and Thoko Mpumlwana, who were both involved with Biko in the Black Consciousness movement; a memoir of Biko by Father Aelred Stubbs, his longtime pastor and friend; and a new foreword by Professor Lewis Gordon. Biko's writings will inspire and educate anyone concerned with issues of racism, postcolonialism, and black nationalism.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Lewis R. Gordon

Editor's preface

Preface by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Introduction

Glossary

Biographical summary

Saso

its role, its significance and its future

Letter to SRC presidents

Black campuses and current feelings

Black souls in white skins?

We blacks

Fragmentation of the black resistance

Some African cultural concepts

Definition of black consciousness

Church as seen by a young layman

White racism and black consciousness

Fear-an important determinant in South African politics

Let's talk about bantustans

Black consciousness and the quest for a true humanity

What is black consciousness?

'Righteousness of our strength'

American policy towards Azania

Our strategy for liberation

On death

Martyr of hope: Personal memoir / Aelred Stubbs C.R.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Bowerdean Press, 1978. With new introductory material.

ISBN:

0226048977

9780226048970

OCLC:

49249901

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