{"product_id":"black-consciousness-a-love-story-paperback","title":"BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS - A Love Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHlumelo Biko\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'If Steve Biko were alive today, we would have a country that gladly embraces African culture as the dominant driving force for how society is organised ...'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1968, two young medical students, Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele, fell in love while dreaming of a life free from oppression and racial discrimination. Their love story is also the story of the founding of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) by a group of 15 principled and ambitious students at the University of Natal in Durban in the early 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this deeply personal book, Hlumelo Biko, who was born of Steve and Mamphela's union, movingly recounts his parents' love story and how the BCM's message of black self-love and self-reliance helped to change the course of South African history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on interviews with some of the BCM's founding members, \u003cem\u003eBlack Consciousness \u003c\/em\u003edescribes the early years of the movement in vivid detail and sets out its guiding principles around a positive black identity, black theology and the practice of Ubuntu through community-based programmes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn spiritual conversation with his father, Hlumelo re-examines what it takes to live a Black Consciousness life in today's South Africa. He also explains why he believes his father - who was brutally murdered by the apartheid police in 1977 - would have supported true radical economic transformation if he were alive today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727897989183,"sku":"9781776190447","price":36.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5fb4612e6fc04b24e94b23ebc75f79f9.webp?v=1765116507","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/black-consciousness-a-love-story-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}