FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
THE
PLES FOR
Presents ...
DONALD WOODS
'~PARTHEID and the ltagedy of
SOUTH AFRIC~'
About Donald Woods
• A sth generation South African, Woods was Editor-inin-
Chief of the Daily Dispatch. He was prosecuted by
the State 7 times for editorial criticism of apartheid.
• In 1977 he was arrested and banned for publishing
details of the killing of his friend Steve Biko.
• After personal attacks on his family by police,
he escaped with his wife and s children. He
now resides in London.
• He is Director of the Lincoln Trust which
supplies information about apartheid to
the international media.
• He is author of Biko, translated into 12
languages; Asking for 7touble, an awardwinning
autobiography, and Black and White.
• Woods' escape from South Africa is the
subject of a British docudrama recently
shown on us Cable Network.
• The story of his life, produced and directed by Sir Richard Attenborough,
(Ghandi), will be distributed by Universal Studios next year.
TICKET INFORMATION
Free tickets to the lecture may be obtained by calling People's Bank, 579-7241
or by placing an order at any branch of People's Bank
The PEOPLES FORUM is presented in the public interest
through a grant from People's Bank
lltesday, November 12, 1985
Campus Center Oak Room, 8 p.m.
