Xolela Mangcu, who knew Biko, provides the first in-depth look at the life of one of the most iconic figures of the anti-apartheid movement, whose legacy is still strongly felt today, both in South Africa, and worldwide in the global struggle for civil rights, today.
The first by an African scholar, this Mandela biography corrects misconceptions about Mandela's Thembu heritage and reveals a political pragmatism derived from his Victorian-style education.