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Steve Biko - Wikipedia
Bantu Stephen Biko OMSG (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was at the forefront of a grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known as the Black Consciousness Movement during the late 1960s and 1970s.
Steve Biko | Biography, Education, Death, & Facts | Britannica
Dec 16, 2024 · Steve Biko (born December 18, 1946, King William’s Town [now Qonce], South Africa—died September 12, 1977, Pretoria) was the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. His death from injuries suffered while in police custody made him an international martyr for South African Black nationalism .
Steve Biko - Quotes, Movie & Death - Biography
Apr 2, 2014 · Steve Biko was an anti-apartheid activist and the co-founder of the South African Students' Organization, subsequently spearheading the nation's Black...
Biography of Stephen Biko, Anti-Apartheid Activist - ThoughtCo
Dec 5, 2020 · Steve Biko (Born Bantu Stephen Biko; Dec. 18, 1946–Sept. 12, 1977) was one of South Africa's most significant political activists and a leading founder of South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement. His murder in police detention in 1977 led to his being hailed a martyr of the anti-apartheid struggle.
Meet Steve Biko, The Anti-Apartheid Activist Who Was Killed By …
Jun 15, 2020 · Discover how Bantu Stephen "Steve" Biko founded the Black Consciousness Movement and fought apartheid in South Africa until his brutal death on September 12, 1977. Steve Biko is widely credited with popularizing the slogan "black is beautiful."
Stephen Bantu Biko - South African History Online
Dec 13, 2024 · Stephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and his death in police detention in 1977.
Remembering Steve Biko | Mott Foundation
Internationally, 30 years after his death, Bantu Stephen Biko is memorialized as one of the most important activists of South Africa’s apartheid era, but in his hometown he is remembered as “Big Brother Bantu.” In Xhosa, one of South Africa’s 11 official …
Steve Biko - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stephen Bantu Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) [1] was a South African activist. He is famous for his activism against apartheid in South Africa during the 1960s and 1970s. [ 2 ] He created the Black Consciousness Movement .
Steve Biko, the South African struggle hero who sacrificed his
Sep 8, 2024 · Steve Biko, born in King William's Town, was the founder and leader of the Black Consciousness Movement and the first president of the all-black South African Students Organization. The black consciousness activist was arrested by security forces on August 18, 1977 and jailed in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth.
Steve Biko - Encyclopedia.com
May 18, 2018 · Steve Biko (1946-1977), a political activist and writer, is regarded as the father of the Black Consciousness movement in the Union of South Africa. Stephen Bantu Biko (a. k. a. Bantu Stephen Biko) was born in King Williamstown, Cape Province , South Africa , …