Biko (book)

Biko

First edition
Author	Donald Woods
Language	English
Genre	Biography
Publisher	Paddington Press
Publication date	1978
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Pages	436
ISBN	0-8050-1899-9
OCLC	24107193
Dewey Decimal	968.06/092 B 20
LC Class	DT779.8.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.