Stephen Bantu Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) - an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s would have been 70 years of age today. See a Rare TV Interview with Steve Biko HERE. As a student leader, Biko founded the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) which would empower and mobilize much of the urban black population. Since his death in police custody, he has been called a martyr of the anti-apartheid movement. While living, his writings and activism … [Read more...] about Steve Biko – Immortalised as Today’s Google Doodle
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We will remember Biko
Stephen Bantu Biko - born on 18 December 1946 was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s and would have been 69 years of age today had he not died of wounds inflicted by police in Room 619 of the Sanlam Building in Port Elizabeth's then Main Street (now renamed Govan Mbeki Avenue). The Biko song by Peter Gabriel became an anthem for us as student activists: A student leader, Biko later founded the Black Consciousness Movement which would empower and mobilize … [Read more...] about We will remember Biko
