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Asking For Trouble: The Autobiography Of A Banned Journalist
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Donald Woods
Paperback
Published
January 29th 1987
by Penguin Books Ltd
(first published January 1st 1980)
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This is an extraordinary book, about how brave an ordinary person can be, and how they can set about to change the world.
I read this in the summer before college, partially because I was interested in the politics of South Africa at the time. Woods' transformation and the brutal episode with his children being given shirts with ninhydrin have stuck with me since.
I saw the movie "Cry, Freedom" first and I was deeply moved by the story of Donald Woods and his friendship with Steve Biko. Reading the book was also deeply moving as he transformed from a racist to radical activist. A must read!
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Donald Woods was editor-in-chief of the
Daily Dispatch
, a newspaper in South Africa. While editor, he integrated the editorial staff (in direct opposition to apartheid) and took up an anti-apartheid stance. However, Woods was originally opposed also to the Black Consciousness Movement, and in particular Steve Biko; they became friends, and Woods was put under ban after the Soweto Uprising.
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