Exploring the Life and Times of Stephen Biko A Catalyst for Change

South African political activist. In 1965 he won a scholarship to study medicine at the University of Natal (Durban) and soon became involved in the ... In 1968 a 22-year-old medical student walked out of the conference for the National Union for South African students. Steve Biko was enraged ... The fundamental tenet of his Black Consciousness philosophy was that being black is not a matter of pigmentation but rather a reflection of a ... If you could respond to these comments in person to Jimmy Kruger, what would you say to him? Pausing for thought. Think about Steve Biko. If Steve Biko was ... He talked about reclaiming blackness, but also put thought into how we as black people in South Africa should relate to coloureds and Indians as ... Biko's testimony at the trial of his nine colleagues in the Black Consciousness movement reveals his positions on political freedom, revolution, racism, ... 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, ... 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 ... Stephen Bantu Biko was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. A student leader, he later founded the Black Consciousness ... The name Stephen Bantu Biko still resonates globally! But the man and his ground-breaking ideas had humble beginnings in the Eastern Cape ...