Biko, Revised and Updated Edition

Revised and updated, this book is the classic work on Bantu Stephen Biko, perhaps South Africa's most important black leader since apartheid. Biko was tortured and killed by the Security Police, and Donald Woods, his close friend and the white newspaper editor who exposed the murder, write BIKO in defiance of a government banning order. It is a personal and political portrait of a remarkable man and the true story of an unusual friendship. New information is included about Biko's arrest, Donald Woods's dramatic escape from South Africa, plus up-to-date material on conditions there as of the publication of this book. Also included is an epilogue by Peter Jones, the man who was arrested with Steve Biko. The New York Times Book Review said, "Essential reading for understanding the gathering black revolution in South Africa