Stephen Biko A Pioneer in the Fight Against Apartheid

Steve Biko was an anti-apartheid activist who spearheaded the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. On Aug. 18, 1977, Biko was arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act in South Africa. He was murdered the next month while ... 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 Steve Biko Centre is located in Ginsberg, King William's Town, Eastern Cape and entrance to the centre is free. Why is he so important to South Africa? Nelson Mandela said of Biko: "They had to kill him to prolong the life of apartheid. While it was Nelson ... Born in Tylden, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape), on 18 December 1946, he was academically gifted but ran up against policies designed ... This article examines and analyses Biko's contribution to the liberation struggle in South Africa from the perspective of politics and religion. He knew the needs of the black community, and he believed in self-help. In 1975 he founded the Zimele Trust Fund to help political prisoners and their families, ... Thirty years ago, on 12 September 1977, Bantu Stephen Biko, one of South Africa s greatest leaders and philosophers, was murdered in detention by the apartheid ... Stephen Biko was born on this date in 1946. He was a Black South African anti-apartheid activist, African nationalist, and African socialist.