Steven Biko, with Nelson Mandela and Robert Sobukwe, ranks amongst the most important intellectuals of the anti-apartheid movement. A key thinker and revolutionary, he sacrificed his life in the struggle for the liberation of South Africa. You are invited to a launch of a new and important book on the life of this hero of the nation.
Biko Lives! does three unique things, firstly, the highly significant 1972 interview with Steve Biko is published here for the first time; secondly, Biko is treated formally by other philosophers, but in a non-academic and accessible way; and thirdly, the book updates and critically appraises Biko’s ideas.
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