Biko i write what i like6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a gift to a new generation which enjoys freedom, from one that was there when this freedom was being fought for. We Write What We Like proudly echoes the title of Biko's seminal work, I Write What I Like. Among the contributors are Minister Mangena himself, ex-President Thabo Mbeki, writer Darryl Accone, journalists Lizeka Mda and Bokwe Mafuna, academics Jonathan Jansen, Mandla Seleoane and Saths Cooper, a friend of Biko's and former president of Azapo. To mark the occasion, the then Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Mosibudi Mangena, commissioned Chris van Wyk to compile an anthology of essays as a tribute to the great South African son. The year 2007 saw the thirtieth anniversary of Biko's death. Biko was only thirty years old, but his ideas and political activities changed the course of South African history and helped hasten the end of apartheid. Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness philosophy, was killed in prison on 12 September 1977. A celebration of Steve Biko's legacy of freedom ![]()
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