Picador has been publishing the finest books from across the globe since 1972. Amongst a number of publishing initiatives to celebrate Picador’s 40th anniversary are these Picador Africa classics reissued in a beautiful new style. Each book includes a sixteen-page section of additional material.
I Write What I Like features the writing of famous activist and black consciousness leader, Steve Biko. Before his untimely death in detention at the age of 30, he was instrumental in uniting black Africans in the struggle against the apartheid government in South Africa.
This is a collection of his columns entitled I Write What I Like published in the journal of the South African Students’ Organisation under the pseudonym of ‘Frank Talk’. It also contains other journal articles, interviews and letters written by Biko at the time and a preface by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Father Aelred Stubbs was a friend, priest and confidante of the young Biko. His moving memoir, contained within the book, is a tribute to the courage and power of this young leader, who was to become one of Africa’s heroes.
Includes a Preface by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an Introduction by Nkosinathi Biko and a Personal Memoir by Aelred Stubbs
