Donald Woods (1) (1933–2001)
Auteur van Biko {rev. & updated ed.}
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- Officiële naam
- Woods, Donald James
- Geboortedatum
- 1933-12-15
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2001-08-19
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- male
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South African Dispatches: Letters to My Countrymen door Donald Woods
First edition
I was not familiar with Steven Biko until I heard the song by Peter Gabriel. This inspired me to explore Biko and his legacy. I consider this book to be an excellent introduction to Biko.
More than about Biko, it is an account of his last days, his interaction with Donald Wood, his incarceration, and the record of the investigation into his death. Donald Woods's own escape from South Africa was dramatic and fortuitous.
In the first chapter, giving a historical background is valuable and indispensable.
When you consider the circumstances in which Donald Woods wrote Biko's story, hid the manuscript and then escaped with it, you will automatically forgive any errors that may have crept in.
I admire his courage in bringing Biko's story to the world.
There are lessons for my own country, and the realization that there is always hope when brave people continue to strive to make the world a better place.… (meer)
More than about Biko, it is an account of his last days, his interaction with Donald Wood, his incarceration, and the record of the investigation into his death. Donald Woods's own escape from South Africa was dramatic and fortuitous.
In the first chapter, giving a historical background is valuable and indispensable.
When you consider the circumstances in which Donald Woods wrote Biko's story, hid the manuscript and then escaped with it, you will automatically forgive any errors that may have crept in.
I admire his courage in bringing Biko's story to the world.
There are lessons for my own country, and the realization that there is always hope when brave people continue to strive to make the world a better place.… (meer)
I read this in the summer before college, partially because I was interested in the politics of South Africa at the time. Woods' transformation and the brutal episode with his children being given shirts with ninhydrin have stuck with me since.
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