{"product_id":"9781868144648","title":"We Write What We Like: Celebrating Steve Biko","description":"\u003cp\u003eSteve Biko, father of the Black Consciousness philosophy, was killed in prison on September 12, 1977. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year 2007 saw the thirtieth anniversary of Biko’s death. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Write What We Like\u003c\/i\u003e proudly echoes the title of Biko’s seminal work, \u003ci\u003eI Write What I Like\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a gift to a new generation which enjoys freedom, from one that was there when this freedom was being fought for. And it celebrates the man whose legacy is the freedom to think and say and write what we like.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wits University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050390536432,"sku":"9781868144648","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781868144648_p0.jpg?v=1763601454","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781868144648","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}