Stephen Biko A Legacy of Resistance and Empowerment

The Steve Biko Centre is located in Ginsberg, King William's Town, Eastern Cape and entrance to the centre is free. Steve Biko is a martyr of South Africa. His life was spent instilling pride and a sense of identity in fellow Blacks, held in subjection by the apartheid ... On 12 September 1977, Stephen Bantu Biko, aged 30, died of brain damage from severe beating sustain while in police custody. A student leader and anti-apartheid activist named Steve Biko founded the Black Consciousness Movement to mobilize and empower the urban black population. Steve Biko Biography - Britannica10484; Steve Biko Foundation !10485; Steve Biko - Amazon10486; The Steve Biko archive - Google10487; Stephen Bantu Biko ... In 1977, police brutally tortured and killed Stephen Biko, the leading figure in the Black Consciousness Movement. He was the 46th political prisoner to die ... Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically an African nationalist and African ... Steve Biko, one of the most prominent leaders in the anti-apartheid struggle, died in police detention on September 12, 1977. Biko became the voice of the Black Conscious Movement, a political ideology centered on black identity and uncompromising pride in that identity. On 12 September 1977, South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died as a consequence of state violence following his arrest.