Biko Lives!: The Contested Legacies of Steve Biko

Biko Lives! is an intervention in post-apartheid South African politics as well as the culture and history of the anti-apartheid movements, addressing not only the current commodification of Steve Biko but also the various appropriations of his legacy. It brings together the work of prominent international activists and intellectuals and includes philosophical reflections on Biko's thought, historical investigations of Black Consciousness in South Africa as well as Biko's global legacy, and analysis of the significance of his ideas to the present. By reintroducing Biko to a new generation in the context of a new period in South African politics, this much-needed volume points the way toward a deeper and more serious discussion of his ideas and legacies.