Stephen Biko A Symbol of Black Consciousness in South Africa

On this day in 1977 - Steve Biko, the South African black civil rights leader, died while he was in police detention. Sep 12, 2024. ·. 1 min. Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African socialist, Pan-Africanist and anti-apartheid activist. The fundamental tenet of his Black Consciousness philosophy was that being black is not a matter of pigmentation but rather a reflection of a ... 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 ... Biko's funeral went on for a long time, becoming an angry protest rally. The international criticism over Biko's death eventually prompted an ... Forty years after his death, Stephen Bantu Biko is rememberd as the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement and hailed as a martyr of the anti-Apartheid ... Steve Biko was elected president an was promptly expelled from medical school. By 1973, Steve Biko was banned by the South African apartheid government. Steve Biko. Steve Biko was born on 18 December 1946 in Ginsberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was married to Ntsiki Biko. He died on 12 September 1977 in ... For Bantu Stephen Biko. Born: 18 December 1946 Murdered: 12 September 1977. You fanned the fires of black pride, facing down the racists trapped in their ... 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 ...