Biko (book)

Biko
First edition
AuthorDonald Woods
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiography
PublisherPaddington Press
Publication date
1978
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages436
ISBN0-8050-1899-9
OCLC24107193
968.06/092 B 20
LC ClassDT779.8.B48 W67 1991

Biko is a biography about Black Consciousness Movement leader and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. It was written by the liberal white South African journalist Donald Woods, a personal friend of Biko. Donald Woods was forced into exile for attempting to expose the truth surrounding Biko's death. It was the inspiration for the 1987 film Cry Freedom.