Biko's ghost : the iconography of Black Consciousness /

""When you say, 'Black is Beautiful,' what in fact you are saying. is: Man, you are okay as you are; begin to look upon yourself as a human being." With such statements, Stephen Biko became the voice of Black Consciousness. And with Biko's brutal death in the custody of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hill, Shannen L., 1964- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Biko, Steve, > 1946-1977 > Portraits. Blacks in art. Blacks in popular culture > South Africa. Black Consciousness Movement of South Africa. Art and social action > South Africa. South Africa > Race relations. ART / History / General. HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. Biko, Steve, > 1946-1977. Art and social action. Blacks in popular culture. Race relations. South Africa. Portraits.

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Introduction: Let's Talk about Consciousness
1. Shaping Modern Black Culture in the 1970s
2. Of Icons and Inquests: "Steve Biko, God Be with You, BPC"
3. Contemplating Death: Artists and Abjection
4. Creating a Culture of Resistance
5. Silencing the Censors: Black Consciousness between the Lines in the 1980s
6. Transitions and Truths in a New Democracy
7. Museum, Monument, Marking: Black Consciousness in the New Millennium
Epilogue: "After Such a Long Time His Life Is Still Dug Out"
Acknowledgments: I Write What I Must
Notes
Bibliography
Index.