Closing remarks 

During the last chapters of this amazing book the reader is able to realize that what Steve Biko said in previous chapters is totally true, the government were only able to kill a man, but not his soul and ideas. 

In some way it can be said that Steve Biko was a planter, yeah, a planter because he was able to plant seeds in peoples' mind, the seed of freedom. After his death, his good friend Mr. Woods and his family started to plan their escape from South Africa because he wanted to publish Biko’s ideas, his nonviolence and his view of confrontation, therefore Mr. Woods believed that the best way to do it was by writing a book and publish it.

After several months Mr. Woods’s work is done. His mind is up about letting know to the whole world Steve Biko’s ideas. Obviously, he was not able to publish such a book in South Africa, but he found a way to leave the country and move with his family to London.

Thanks to Steve Biko’s courage and Mr. Woods’ book the South Africa Government came down after some years, and the seeds that Steve Biko planted, finally were able to germinate.

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Chapter VIII and IX

Up to this point, the system fights back. Steve Biko is released from prison while Mr. Woods goes to prison just for supporting Biko, but he cares less about it, because now he is sure that helping Biko as well as the black community is the right thing to do. Later on, after some months Mr. Wood is freed.

The government and the police make use of any means in order defeat the black revolution which by now is quite powerful. Steve Biko and Mr. Wood are threatened with death. Mr. Woods gets really worried because he has a wife, some children and a good social position, so he has a lot to lose which make him afraid.

On the other hand, Steve Biko also has a wife and a little son, but he is not afraid at all because he knows that he already won the fight, and that if he gets killed, the government are killing just a man but not his ideas.

A lot of things happen during these chapters, however, the event that catches attention the most is when a stranger phones Mr. Woods and tells him Biko was dead. At first, Woods does not believe it but eventually he comes to realize that it was true.

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