'Why was I, a fifth-generation white South African, editor for twelve years of one of the country's longest-established newspapers, escaping in disguise in fear of political police?'
In 1977 editor Donald Woods was silenced. Banning orders prevented him editing his newspaper, the Daily Dispatch, and writing his widely syndicated column. He had made his opposition to apartheid all too clear. An open critic of the National Party and a firm supporter of the Black Consciousness Movement, Woods had waged a journalistic war against the government for many years. The death of Steve Biko, the movement's founder and the growth of personal attacks on Woods and his family finally compelled them to flee the country.
In this honest and eloquent account of his life in South Africa, Donald Woods recounts his legal training, his progress as a journalist and his advocacy of black rights. Asking for trouble is an inspiring portrait of a courageous and uncompromising man at war with injustice.
In 1977 editor Donald Woods was silenced. Banning orders prevented him editing his newspaper, the Daily Dispatch, and writing his widely syndicated column. He had made his opposition to apartheid all too clear. An open critic of the National Party and a firm supporter of the Black Consciousness Movement, Woods had waged a journalistic war against the government for many years. The death of Steve Biko, the movement's founder and the growth of personal attacks on Woods and his family finally compelled them to flee the country.
In this honest and eloquent account of his life in South Africa, Donald Woods recounts his legal training, his progress as a journalist and his advocacy of black rights. Asking for trouble is an inspiring portrait of a courageous and uncompromising man at war with injustice.
