A Testament to Resilience The Story of Stephen Biko

Stephen Biko was a founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. He was considered a martyr after his violent murder in prison. A rare collection of 12 typed letters signed by Steve Biko, written to the Chief Magistrate of King William's Town between May 16, 1973 and July 19, 1977, ... Steve Biko, founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. His death from injuries suffered while in police custody made him ... Stephen Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and his death in police detention in 1977. The name Stephen Bantu Biko still resonates globally! But the man and his ground-breaking ideas had humble beginnings in the Eastern Cape ... I Write What I Like contains a selection of Biko's writings from 1969, when he became the president of the South African Students' Organization, to 1972. As a newspaper columnist, Biko used his writings to define and publicise his philosophy of black consciousness. He and the black consciousness ... The Steve Biko Centre is located in Ginsberg, King William's Town, Eastern Cape and entrance to the centre is free. Bantu Stephen Biko was born in Tylden on the 18th December 1946, the third child of the late Matthew Mzingaye and Alice Nokuzola “Mamcethe” Biko. He attended ... Biko died on September 12, at the age of 30, from brain damage sustained after a physical struggle with his interrogators, inadequate medical care, and inhumane ...