Biko: A Biography

The first comprehensive biography of an exceptional and inspirational leader who changed South Africa. As leading anti-apartheid activist and thinker, Biko created Black Consciousness, which has resonance to this day.Although the rudimentary facts of his life and his tragic death by torture are well known, there has been no in-depth book on this pivotal and tragic political icon. Now Xolela Mangcu, who grew up in Ginsberg while Biko lived there and met him personally, provides a more complete and personal picture.